Municipio Patacamaya

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Municipio Patacamaya
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		22,806 inhabitants (2012 census)
41 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1305
Telephone code (+591)
surface 551 km²
height 3800  m
Coordinates 17 ° 15 ′  S , 67 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 15 ′  S , 67 ° 55 ′  W
Municipio Patacamaya (Bolivia)
Municipio Patacamaya
Municipio Patacamaya
politics

Department La Paz
province Provincial flavor
Central place Patacamaya
climate
Climate diagram Patacamaya
Climate diagram Patacamaya

The municipality of Patacamaya is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Patacamaya is one of seven Municipios of the Province of Aroma and is located in the central part of the Province. It is bordered to the west by the province of Pacajes , to the southwest by the municipality of Umala , to the southeast by the municipality of Sica Sica , to the east by the province of Loayza , and to the north by the municipality of Ayo Ayo .

The municipality has 65 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Patacamaya with 11,197 inhabitants in the central part of the municipality. The only other notable place in the municipality is Villa Patarani with 771 inhabitants. ( 2012 )

geography

The municipality of Patacamaya is located on the Bolivian Altiplano at an average altitude of 3800  m , between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.

The mean average temperature of the municipality is a good 7 ° C (see climate diagram), the annual precipitation is around 450 mm. The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 4 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C in November / December. The monthly precipitation is between less than 10 mm in the months from May to August and 100 mm in January.

population

The population of the Municipio Patacamaya has increased by about half in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 15 546 census
2001 20 039 census
2012 22 806 census

The population density in the municipality was 41.4 inhabitants / km² at the last census in 2012. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.1 years, the infant mortality rate rose from 8.1 percent (1992) to 6.4 percent a year 2001 decreased.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 88.8 percent, namely 95.4 percent for men and 82.1 percent for women (2001) .

83.0 percent of the population speak Spanish , 83.2 percent speak Aymara , and 0.9 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

58.0 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 63.4 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

72.2 percent of households have a radio, 25.5 percent a television, 47.3 percent a bicycle, 0.8 percent a motorcycle, 7.7 percent a car, 2.0 percent a refrigerator, 4.9 percent one 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 PACHA MPS MSM
10,429   9,140 5,743   2,916 1,360 826 641
  87.6% 62.8%   50.8% 23.7% 14.4% 11.2%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Patacamaya

  • Canton of Chacoma

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 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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