Municipio Pelechuco

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Municipio Pelechuco
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		6780 inhabitants (2012 census)
3 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0702
Telephone code (+591)
surface 2,437 km²
height 4400  m
Coordinates 14 ° 45 ′  S , 69 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 14 ° 45 ′  S , 69 ° 5 ′  W
Municipio Pelechuco (Bolivia)
Municipio Pelechuco
Municipio Pelechuco
politics

Department La Paz
province Franz Tamayo Province
Central place Pelechuco
climate
Climate diagram Pelechuco
Climate diagram Pelechuco

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

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Pelechuco is one of two municipalities in the province of Franz Tamayo and is located in the western part of the province. It borders on the Republic of Peru to the west, the province of Bautista Saavedra to the east , and the Municipio Apolo to the north .

The municipality has 71 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Pelechuco with 981 inhabitants in the central part of the district. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of Pelechuco is located in the northern part of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The mean average temperature of the region is 5 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 750 mm (see climate diagram). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only insignificantly between 2 ° C in June / July and 6 ° C in October to December. The monthly precipitation is between less than 10 mm in the months of June and July and over 100 mm from December to March.

population

The population of the municipality of Pelechuco has increased by almost half in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 4 742 census
2001 5 115 census
2012 6 780 census

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 52.5 years, and infant mortality fell from 10.8 percent (1992) to 10.4 percent in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 is 77.7 percent, namely 87.1 percent for men and 67.0 percent for women (2001) .

64.6 percent of the population speak Spanish , 52.4 percent speak Quechua , and 45.5 percent speak Aymara . (2001)

95.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 79.0 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

69.0 percent of households have a radio, 2.0 percent a television, 34.8 percent a bicycle, 2.1 percent a motorcycle, 5.0 percent a car, 0.2 percent a refrigerator, 0.3 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 MPS U.N. ASP
2,633   2,341 1,407   628 430 297 52
  88.9% 60.1%   44.6% 30.6% 21.1% 3.7%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Pelechuco

  • Antaquilla de Copacabana canton

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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