Municipio Palca

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Municipio Palca
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		16,622 inhabitants (2012 census)
22 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0102
Telephone code (+591)
surface 743 km²
height 3600  m
Coordinates 16 ° 42 ′  S , 67 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 42 ′  S , 67 ° 50 ′  W
Municipio Palca (Bolivia)
Municipio Palca
Municipio Palca
politics

Department La Paz
province Murillo Province
Central place Palca
climate
Climate diagram La Paz
Climate diagram La Paz

The municipality of Palca is a district in the department of La Paz in the South American Andes -State Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Palca is one of five Municipios of the Murillo Province and is located in the southeastern part of the province. It borders the Municipio La Paz in the northwest , the Municipio Mecapaca in the west, the Province of Loayza in the south , and the Province of Sud Yungas in the east .

The municipality has 94 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Palca with 796 inhabitants in the northwestern part of the municipality. The most populous place in the municipality is Cohoni with 1,084 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of Palca is located on the edge of the Bolivian Altiplano at an average altitude of 3600  m on the western edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Real . The region has a distinctive time of day climate.

The mean average temperature of the municipality is 10 ° C (see climate diagram La Paz), the monthly mean temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 8 ° C in July and 12 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is less than 600 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months June to August and over 100 mm in January.

Mount Illimani is located in the municipality of Palca.

population

The population of the Municipio Palca has increased by more than a third in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 12 360 census
2001 14 185 census
2012 16 622 census

The municipality has an area of ​​743 km² and at the last census of 2012 a population density of 22.4 inhabitants / km². The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 61.4 years, and infant mortality fell from 7.1 percent (1992) to 6.7 percent in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 75.0 percent, namely 85.2 percent for men and 64.5 percent for women (2001) .

63.0 percent of the population speak Spanish , 94.1 percent speak Aymara , and 0.2 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

65.2 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 78.0 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

65.1 percent of 3,610 households have a radio, 16.1 percent a television, 6.2 percent a bicycle, 0.6 percent a motorcycle, 2.7 percent a car, 1.1 percent a refrigerator, 0.4 percent a telephone. (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 MCP-NG MAS-IPSP FPV MPS U.N.
6,549   5,830 3,565   1,782 1,220 216 192 155
  89.0% 61.1%   50.0% 34.2% 6.1% 5.4% 4.3%

structure

The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following three cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the municipality of Palca

  • Canton of Palca

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from 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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