Municipio Puerto Carabuco
| Municipio Puerto Carabuco | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
14,036 inhabitants (2012 census) 43 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 02-0403 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 325 km² | ||
| height | 4100 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 44 ′ S , 69 ° 1 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Eliodoro Camacho Province | ||
| Central place | Puerto Carabuco | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Quilima |
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The municipality of Puerto Carabuco is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Puerto Carabuco is one of five municipalities in the province of Eliodoro Camacho and is located in the southern part of the province. It is bordered to the northwest by the Municipio Escoma , to the west by Lake Titicaca , to the south by the province of Omasuyos , to the east by the province of Muñecas , and to the north by the Municipio Mocomoco .
The municipality has 91 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Puerto Carabuco with 555 inhabitants in the central part of the municipality. Larger towns in the municipality are Chaguaya with 794 inhabitants and Quilima with 655 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )
geography
The municipality of Puerto Carabuco is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the western edge of the Cordillera Real . The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with the mean temperature fluctuation during the day being more pronounced than during the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is 9 ° C (see climate diagram Quilima), the monthly values fluctuate between almost 7 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation is about 750 mm, the monthly precipitation is less than 15 mm from June to August and over 100 mm from December to March.
population
The population of the Municipio Puerto Carabuco has increased over the past two decades, but has decreased over the past ten years:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 13 006 | census |
| 2001 | 16 499 | census |
| 2012 | 14 036 | census |
The municipality had a population density of 43.2 inhabitants / km² at the 2012 census . The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 61.7 years, and infant mortality fell from 6.7 percent (1992) to 6.6 percent in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 is 76.3 percent, namely 87.7 percent for men and 64.1 percent for women (2001) .
54.5 percent of the population speak Spanish , 95.6 percent speak Aymara , and 0.2 percent speak Quechua . (2001)
83.3 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 81.0 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
55.1 percent of households own a radio, 4.9 percent a television, 16.7 percent a bicycle, 0.4 percent a motorcycle, 1.1 percent a car, 0.4 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 | TS | MAS-IPSP | FPV | MPS | MTL | ASP | ||
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| 6,142 | 5,339 | 3,632 | 1,126 | 1.009 | 558 | 527 | 225 | 187 | ||
| 86.9% | 68.0% | 31.0% | 27.8% | 15.4% | 14.5% | 6.2% | 5.1% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following four cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-0403-01 Canton Puerto Carabuco - 13 towns - 2066 inhabitants
- 02-0403-02 Canton Ambana - 42 villages - 5979 inhabitants
- 02-0403-03 Chaguaya canton - 28 towns - 5092 inhabitants
- 02-0403-04 Canton of San Miguel de Yaricoa - 8 towns - 899 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Puerto Carabuco
- Puerto Carabuco Canton
- Puerto Carabuco 555 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 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 Carabuco - General Maps No. 20403
- Municipio Puerto Carabuco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 408 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )
- Impressions from Puerto Carabuco ( English )