Municipio Poopó
| Municipio Poopó | |||
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 Poopó lake near Llapallapani |
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| Population (state) - population density |
7587 inhabitants (2012 census) 11 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 04-0601 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 684 km² | ||
| height | 3800 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 20 ′ S , 66 ° 35 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Poopó Province | ||
| Central place | Poopó | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Poopó |
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The municipality Poopó ([ po.o.ˈpo ]) is a district in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Poopó is one of three municipalities in the province of Poopó and borders in the northeast with the province Pantaleón Dalence , in the northwest with the province Cercado , in the southwest with the municipality Pazña , and in the southeast with the municipality Antequera .
The central place of the municipality is the village Poopó with 3,618 inhabitants ( 2012 ) in the central part of the district.
geography
The municipality of Poopó is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the Cordillera Azanaques , which is part of the Cordillera Central mountain range . The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the temperature fluctuations during the day are greater than during the year.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 8 ° C (see climate diagram) and fluctuates between 3 ° C in June and July and 11 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is around 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and significant precipitation only from December to March with 50 to 90 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio Poopó has changed little in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 5,886 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 6,163 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 7,587 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality at the 2012 census was 11.1 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 57.6 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 76 percent, 94 percent for men and 60 percent for women. ( 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 | FPV | U.N. | MSM | ||
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| 2,891 | 2,585 | 1,761 | 719 | 596 | 225 | 221 | ||
| 89.4% | 68.1% | 40.8% | 33.8% | 12.8% | 12.5% |
structure
The poopó municipality is divided into the following three cantons ( cantones ):
- 04-0601-01 Poopó canton - 70 localities - 5,901 inhabitants
- 04-0601-02 Canton Venta y Media - 25 villages - 1,260 inhabitants
- 04-0601-03 Canton Coripata - 13 localities - 426 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Poopó
- Canton of Poopó
- Poopó 3618 pop.
- Canton of Venta y Media
- Venta y Media 417 pop.
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Poopó - general maps No. 40601
- Municipio Poopó - detailed map and population data (PDF; 322 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )