Municipio Quiabaya
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| Population (state) - population density |
2684 inhabitants (2012 census) 26 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 02-0604 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 102 km² | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 36 ′ S , 68 ° 42 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Larecaja Province | ||
| Central place | Quiabaya | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Sorata |
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The municipality of Quiabaya is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Quiabaya is one of eight municipalities in the province of Larecaja and is located in the western part of the province. It borders on the province of Muñecas to the west, the Municipio Sorata to the south , and the Municipio Tacacoma to the east and north .
The municipality measures ten kilometers from north to south and fifteen kilometers from west to east. The municipality has 34 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the town of Quiabaya with 378 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the eastern part of the district.
geography
The municipality of Quiabaya is located in the high mountain range of the Cordillera Real on the western foothills of the Illampú massif.
The mean average temperature of the region is 18 ° C (see Sorata climate diagram), the annual precipitation is a little more than 600 mm. The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between a good 15 ° C in June / July and a good 19 ° C in November / December. The monthly precipitation is between less than 25 mm in the months May to August and 100 to 125 mm from December to February.
population
The population of the Municipio Quiabaya has increased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 2 212 | census |
| 2001 | 2,680 | census |
| 2012 | 2,684 | census |
The municipality had a population density of 26.3 inhabitants / km² in the last census of 2012 , the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 54.1 years, the infant mortality rate was from 11.5 percent (1992) to 9.8 percent in 2001 fell, the literacy rate among those over 6 was 72.3 percent.
60.1 percent of the population speak Spanish , 96.0 percent speak Aymara , and 0.4 percent speak Quechua . (2001)
91.4 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 88.5 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
60.4 percent of the 697 households have a radio, 3.2 percent a television, 7.3 percent a bicycle, 2.0 percent a motorcycle, 1.9 percent a car, 1.4 percent a refrigerator, 0.4 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 | MSM | MAS-IPSP | ||
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| 1,139 | 969 | 715 | 437 | 278 | ||
| 85.1% | 73.8% | 61.1% | 38.9% |
structure
The municipality is not divided further into cantons ( cantones ).
Localities in the municipality of Quiabaya
- Quiabaya Pop. 378.
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 Quiabaya - General Maps No. 20604
- Municipio Quiabaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 383 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )