Municipio Quillacollo

Municipio Quillacollo
Calle Heroes del Chaco in Quillacollo
Basic data
Population (state) - population density	137,029 inhabitants (2012 census) 242 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	03-0901
Telephone code	(+591)
surface	566 km²
height	2650  m
Coordinates	17 ° 15 ′  S , 66 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 15 ′  S , 66 ° 20 ′  W
Municipio Quillacollo
politics
Department	Cochabamba
province	Quillacollo Province
Central place	Quillacollo
climate
Climate diagram Cochabamba

The municipality of Quillacollo is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Quillacollo is one of five municipalities in the province of Quillacollo . It borders the province of Ayopaya in the northwest , the municipality Vinto in the west, the municipality Sipe Sipe in the southwest , the province Cercado in the southeast , the municipality Colcapirhua and the municipality Tiquipaya in the east, and the province Chapare in the north .

The central place of the municipality is Quillacollo with 117,859 inhabitants in the southern part of the municipality. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of Quillacollo is located in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands.

The mean average temperature of the region is around 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba) and fluctuates only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 20 ° C in October / November. The annual precipitation is only 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 120 mm monthly precipitation.

population

The population of the Municipio Quillacollo has more than doubled in the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	69,027	census
2001	104.206	census
2012	137.029	census

The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 242 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 95.2 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 65.6 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 90.1 percent, namely 96.4 percent for men and 84.5 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		MAS-IPSP	UNE	FPV	FIN	MSM	ASI	MNR
76,910		67,065	51,743		19.005	18,984	6,088	2,801	2,202	1,359	1,304
		87.2%	77.2%		36.7%	36.7%	11.8%	5.4%	4.3%	2.6%	2.5%

structure

The quillacollo municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following three cantons ( cantones ):

• 03-0901-01 Canton Quillacollo - 55 towns - 129,625 inhabitants ( 2001: 99,276 inhabitants )
• 03-0901-02 Canton El Paso - 4 villages - 7,155 inhabitants ( 2001: 4,930 inhabitants )
• 03-0901-03 Canton of San Miguel - 4 towns - 249 inhabitants

Localities in the municipality of Quillacollo

• Canton of Quillacollo
  • Quillacollo 117,859 pop - Pandoja 6611 pop - Cotapachi 774 pop.

• Canton of El Paso
  • El Paso 5964 pop - Apote (El Paso) 520 pop - Apote (Pasomayu) 499 pop

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

Web links

• Municipio Quillacollo - General Maps No. 30901
• Municipio Quillacollo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 434 kB) ( Spanish )
• Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )