Municipio Ocurí

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Municipio Ocurí
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Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		16,448 inhabitants (2012 census)
21 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 05-0404
Telephone code (+591)
surface 788 km²
height 4100  m
Coordinates 18 ° 50 ′  S , 65 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 50 ′  S , 65 ° 48 ′  W
Municipio Ocurí (Bolivia)
Municipio Ocurí
Municipio Ocurí
politics

Department Potosí
province Chayanta Province
Central place Ocurí
Location of the Municipio Ocurí in the Department of Potosí
Location of the Municipio Ocurí
in the Department of Potosí
climate
Climate diagram Ocurí
Climate diagram Ocurí

The municipality of Ocurí is a district in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Ocurí is one of four Municipios in the Province of Chayanta . It borders the municipality of Colquechaca to the north and west , the province of Tomás Frías to the southwest , the province of Cornelio Saavedra to the southeast , and the municipality of Ravelo to the east . It extends for about 65 kilometers in a north-south and over 35 kilometers in an east-west direction.

The central place of the municipality is the village of Ocurí with 1,722 inhabitants ( 2012 ) in the center of the district.

geography

The municipality of Ocurí lies between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Andean mountain range of the Cordillera Central in the east. The region is characterized by a distinct daytime climate , in which the temperatures between day and night fluctuate more strongly than during the average year.

The mean average temperature of the region is just under 9 ° C, the monthly average temperatures are 5 ° C in June and July and just above 10 ° C from November to March. Annual precipitation is 460 mm (see climate diagram Ocurí), with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation of less than 15 mm, and from December to February a humidity period of 80 to 100 mm per month.

population

The population of the Municipio Ocurí has ​​increased only slightly in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 14,354 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 18,516 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 16,448 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2012 was 20.9 inhabitants / km². The proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The proportion of the population under the age of 15 is 44 percent, the life expectancy of newborns is 53 years. ( 2001 )

The literacy rate for those over 19 is 40 percent, 61 percent for men and 20 percent for women. ( 2001 )

The most important idiom with a share of 78 percent is Quechua . 90 percent of the population are Catholic, 3 percent Protestant. ( 1992 )

89 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 98 percent live without sanitary facilities. ( 2001 )

politics

Results of the elections for the municipal council ( concejales del municipio ) in the regional elections on April 4, 2010:

electoral
legitimate 		electoral
participation 		valid votes MAS-IPSP MOP LIDER
5,692   4,331 2,609   1,417 997 195
  76.1% 60.2%   54.3% 38.2% 7.5%

structure

The municipality is divided into the following four cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the municipality of Ocurí

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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