Municipio Punata

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Municipio Punata
May 18th Square and the Church of San Juan Bautista in the city of Punata
May 18th Square and the Church of San Juan Bautista in the city of Punata
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		28,707 inhabitants (2012 census)
334 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03-1401
Telephone code (+591)
surface 86 km²
height 2730  m
Coordinates 17 ° 33 ′  S , 65 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 33 ′  S , 65 ° 50 ′  W
Municipio Punata (Bolivia)
Municipio Punata
Municipio Punata
politics

Department Cochabamba
province Punata Province
Central place Punata
climate
Climate diagram Cochabamba
Climate diagram Cochabamba

The Municipio Punata is a district in the Department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Punata is one of five municipalities in the province of Punata . It is bordered to the northwest by the municipality of San Benito , to the southwest by the province of Germán Jordán , to the south by the municipality of Villa Rivero , to the east by the province of Arani and to the northeast by the province of Tiraque .

The central place of the municipality is Punata with 19,559 inhabitants in the northern part of the district. ( 2012 census )

geography

The Municipio Punata is located in the transition area between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east.

The mean average temperature of the region is just under 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba) and fluctuates only slightly between 14 ° C in June and July and 20 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 90 to 110 mm monthly precipitation.

population

The population of the Municipio Punata has increased slightly in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 27,154 census
2001 26,140 census
2012 28,707 census

The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 334 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 68.1 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.6 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 81.5 percent, 94.2 percent for men and 72.0 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 IMU MAS-IPSP PDP UN- CP
17,646   15.198 11,991   7,749 2,842 904 496
  86.1% 78.9%   64.6% 23.7% 7.5% 4.1%

structure

The municipality is not in cantons ( cantones ) divided and consists only of:

Localities in the municipality of Punata

  • Canton of Punata

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
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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