Municipio Pucarani
| Municipio Pucarani | |||
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 Plaza Franz Tamayo in Pucarani |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
29,594 inhabitants (2012 census) 25 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 02-1201 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 1,183 km² | ||
| height | 3900 m | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 20 ′ S , 68 ° 25 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Los Andes Province | ||
| Central place | Pucarani | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram El Alto |
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The municipality of Pucarani is a district in the La Paz department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Pucarani is one of four municipalities in the province of Los Andes and is located in the central part of the province. It borders in the northwest with the Municipio Batallas and the Municipio Puerto Pérez , in the west with the Province Ingavi , in the south with the Municipio Laja , in the east with the Province Murillo , and in the north with the Province Larecaja .
The municipality has 107 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Pucarani with 1,313 inhabitants in the central part of the district. ( 2012 census )
geography
The municipality of Pucarani is located at an average altitude of 3900 m southeast of Lake Titicaca on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.
The mean annual temperature of the region is 8 ° C, the annual precipitation is 500 to 600 mm (see climate diagram El Alto). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 7 ° C in July and 11 ° C in December. The monthly precipitation is between less than 10 mm in the months of June and July and close to 100 mm from December to February.
population
The population of the Municipio Pucarani has increased by about a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 22 799 | census |
| 2001 | 26 802 | census |
| 2012 | 29 594 | census |
The municipality had a population density of 25 inhabitants / km² at the last census in 2012 . The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 59.8 years, and infant mortality fell slightly from 7.7 percent ( 1992 ) to 7.4 percent in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over 19 years of age is 71.7 percent, namely 86.8 percent for men and 57.7 percent for women. ( 2001 )
64.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 96.7 percent speak Aymara , and 0.1 percent speak Quechua . ( 2001 )
61.2 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 69.3 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )
50.7 percent of the total of 7,702 households have a radio, 12.5 percent a television, 29.0 percent a bicycle, 2.0 percent a motorcycle, 3.3 percent a car, 0.3 percent a refrigerator and 0.6 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 | MPS | MSM | ||
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| 13,553 | 12,300 | 7,192 | 3,094 | 2,242 | 1,856 | ||
| 90.8% | 58.5% | 43.0% | 31.2% | 25.8% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following twelve cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-1201-01 Canton of Pucarani - 30 towns - 7,420 inhabitants
- 02-1201-02 Canton Cohana - 7 villages - 1,650 inhabitants
- 02-1201-03 canton Patamanta - 8 villages - 4,038 inhabitants
- 02-1201-04 Canton Villa Iquiaca - 9 villages - 1,483 inhabitants
- 02-1201-05 Canton Chojasivi - 7 towns - 1,738 inhabitants
- 02-1201-06 Canton Lacaya - 11 towns - 2,146 inhabitants
- 02-1201-08 Canton Villa Pablon de Chiarpata - 4 villages - 646 inhabitants
- 02-1201-09 Canton Catavi - 1 village - 652 inhabitants
- 02-1201-10 Canton Villa Ascensión de Chipamaya - 2 towns - 567 inhabitants
- 02-1201-11 Canton Villa Rosario de Corapata - 7 towns - 2,360 inhabitants
- 02-1201-12 Canton Villa Vilaque - 17 localities - 5,097 inhabitants
- 02-1201-13 Canton Palcoco - 4 villages - 1,797 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Pucarani
- Canton of Pucarani
- Pucarani pop 1313 - Machacamarca pop 588 - Ancocagua pop 570
- Canton of Cohana
- Cohana Grande 505 Pop .
- Canton of Villa Iquiaca
- Iquiaca Grande 250 pop - Villa Iquiaca 101 pop
- Catavi Canton
- Catavi 652 pop.
- Canton of Villa Rosario de Corapata
- Chojña Collo 693 pop - Corapata 640 pop .
- Canton Villa Vilaque
- Vilaque Cochapampa 784 pop - Vilaque Pampajasi 777 pop - Villa Vilaque 579 pop - Cúcuta 558 pop
- Canton of Palcoco
- Palcoco 920 pop - Palcoco Litoral 676 pop
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Pucarani - General Maps No. 21201
- Municipio Pucarani - detailed map and population data (PDF; 647 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )