Municipio Puerto Acosta
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 Landscape near Puerto Acosta |
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| Population (state) - population density |
11,267 inhabitants (2012 census) 13 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 02-0401 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 852 km² | ||
| height | 4000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 30 ′ S , 69 ° 10 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Eliodoro Camacho Province | ||
| Central place | Puerto Acosta | ||
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 Climate diagram Puerto Acosta |
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The municipality of Puerto Acosta is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Puerto Acosta is one of five municipalities in the province of Eliodoro Camacho and is located in the northwestern part of the province. It borders the Republic of Peru in the northwest , Lake Titicaca in the southwest , the Municipio Escoma in the southeast , the Municipio Mocomoco in the east , and the Municipio Humanata in the north .
The municipality of Puerto Acosta was split into the three municipalities of Puerto Acosta, Escoma and Humanata by law from 2009, the central place of the municipality of Puerto Acosta is Puerto Acosta with 1,359 inhabitants ( 2012 census ), located in the northwestern part of the municipality on Lake Titicaca.
geography
The municipality of Puerto Acosta is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the western edge of the Cordillera Real .
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 9 ° C, the annual precipitation is around 850 mm (see climate diagram). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between almost 6 ° C in July and a good 10 ° C from November to January. The monthly precipitation is between under 15 mm in June to August and a humidity period from December to March with values between 120 and 170 mm.
population
The population of the municipality of Puerto Acosta in the boundaries since the division in 2009 has decreased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 13 745 | census |
| 2001 | 13 772 | census |
| 2012 | 11 267 | census |
The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 59.8 years, and infant mortality rose from 6.5 percent ( 1992 ) to 7.4 percent in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 is 72.6 percent, namely 87.5 percent for men and 58.9 percent for women. ( 2001 )
51.1 percent of the population speak Spanish , 97.3 percent speak Aymara , and 0.2 percent speak Quechua . ( 2001 )
82.0 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 87.1 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )
45.2 percent of households own a radio, 4.5 percent a television, 22.1 percent a bicycle, 0.4 percent a motorcycle, 0.5 percent a car, 0.1 percent a refrigerator, and 0.2 percent a telephone. ( 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 | ASP | MSM | MPS | U.N. | ||
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| 5,453 | 5,014 | 3,544 | 1,303 | 904 | 682 | 533 | 122 | ||
| 91.9% | 70.7% | 36.8% | 25.5% | 19.2% | 15.0% | 3.4% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following five cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-0401-01 Canton Puerto Acosta - 55 villages - 6,360 inhabitants
- 02-0401-02 Kellahuyo Canton - 5 villages - 734 inhabitants
- 02-0401-05 Parajachi Canton - 18 towns - 2.245 inhabitants
- 02-0401-08 Canton Chiñaya 6 de Agosto - 10 villages - 1,580 inhabitants
- 02-0401-09 Canton of San Juan de Cancanani - 3 towns - 348 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Puerto Acosta
- Puerto Acosta Canton
- Puerto Acosta 1359 Pop.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ley 4004 of February 6, 2009
- ^ 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 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 Puerto Acosta - General Maps No. 20401
- Municipio Puerto Acosta - detailed map and population data (PDF; 473 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )