Municipio Paria

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Municipio Soracachi
Basic data

Residents (state) 12,788 pop. (2012 census)
Post Code 04-0104
Telephone code (+591)
height 4000  m
Coordinates 17 ° 51 ′  S , 66 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 51 ′  S , 66 ° 52 ′  W
Municipio Soracachi (Bolivia)
Municipio Soracachi
Municipio Soracachi
politics

Department Oruro
province Province of Cercado
Central place Soracachi
climate
Oruro climate diagram
Oruro climate diagram

The Municipio Paria is a district in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia . With Law 2329 of February 4, 2002, the previous Municipio Soracachi was renamed Municipio Pari (also: Paria) .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Paria is one of four municipalities in the province of Cercado and is located in the eastern part of the province. It is bordered by the Municipio Caracollo in the northwest , the Municipio Oruro in the west, the Municipio El Choro in the southwest, the Pantaleón Dalence province in the south , and the Cochabamba department in the east .

The municipality has 93 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the village Soracachi with 480 inhabitants ( 2001 census ) in the northeastern part of the district.

geography

The municipality Paria is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the Serranía de Sicasica ridge . The climate is characterized by a typical daytime climate , in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are greater than between the seasons.

The annual average temperature of the region is around 10 ° C (see climate diagram Oruro), with the monthly average values ​​fluctuating between 6 ° C in June / July and 14 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is a low 400 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to November with monthly values ​​below 20 mm, and a short humidity period from December to February with about 80 mm per month.

population

The population of Municipio Paria has changed only insignificantly in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 12,603 ​​inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 13,978 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 12,788 inhabitants (census)

The literacy rate among those over 6 years of age is 86.0 percent ( 2001 ), and infant mortality has fallen from 11.6 percent (1992) to 8.9 percent in 2001.

77.9 percent of the population speak Spanish , 93.1 percent speak Quechua , and 2.8 percent speak Aymara . ( 2001 )

44.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 87.9 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

77.0 percent of 3,091 households have a radio, 32.5 percent a television, 71.6 percent a bicycle, 3.2 percent a motorcycle, 8.8 percent a car, 0.5 percent a refrigerator, and 1.1 percent Percent a phone. ( 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 FIC MSM
6,766   6,086 4,054   2,512 1,078 464
  89.9% 66.6%   62.0% 26.6% 11.4%

structure

The municipality pariah subdivided according to Ley in 2329 in the following seven. Cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the Municipio Paria

  • Canton of Pariah

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ley No. 2329
  2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  3. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  4. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones ( 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
  5. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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