Municipio Quime

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Municipio Quime
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Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		8436 inhabitants (2012 census)
8 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1002
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,009 km²
height 3500  m
Coordinates 16 ° 45 ′  S , 67 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 45 ′  S , 67 ° 20 ′  W
Municipio Quime (Bolivia)
Municipio Quime
Municipio Quime
politics

Department La Paz
province Inquisivi Province
Central place Quime
climate
Climate diagram Quime
Climate diagram Quime

The Municipio Quime is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Quime is one of six Municipios of the Inquisivi province and is located in the northwestern part of the province. It is bordered by the Province of Loayza to the west, the Municipio Ichoca to the south, the Municipio Inquisivi to the southeast , the Municipio Licoma Pampa to the east, the Municipio Cajuata to the northeast , and the Province of Sud Yungas to the north .

The municipality has 4 cantons with 47 localities (localidades) , the administrative seat of the municipality is Quime with 3,131 inhabitants in the southeastern part of the municipality, larger localities are Mina La Argentina with 916 inhabitants and Choquetanga with 747 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of Quime is located at a mean altitude of 2800  m on the eastern slopes of the Quimsa Cruz Cordillera , between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands in the east. The region has a distinct time-of-day climate in which the daily temperature fluctuations are greater than the seasonal fluctuations.

The mean average temperature of the region is 10.5 ° C (see climate diagram Quime), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate between 7 ° C in June / July and just under 13 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation is almost 600 mm, from May to August there is a dry season with monthly precipitation below 15 mm, in the months of January and February there is a long-term average between 120 and 130 mm of rain.

population

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

year Residents source
1992 7 395 census
2001 7 338 census
2012 8 436 census

The municipality had a population density of 8.4 inhabitants / km² at the last census in 2012 . The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 58.4 years, and infant mortality fell from 10.6 percent ( 1992 ) to 8.0 percent in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 is 79.5 percent, 91.5 percent for men and 66.8 percent for women. ( 2001 )

89.6 percent of the population speak Spanish , 70.5 percent speak Aymara , and 2.2 percent speak Quechua . ( 2001 )

42.2 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 78.8 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

72.1 percent of the total of 2,305 households have a radio, 44.1 percent a television, 11.8 percent a bicycle, 5.2 percent a motorcycle, 3.1 percent a car, 8.3 percent a refrigerator and 1.3 percent Percent a 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 MAS-IPSP MSM MPS ASP
3,703 3,278 1,979 884 509 423 163
88.5% 60.4% 44.7% 25.7% 21.4% 8.2%

structure

The municipality was subdivided in the census of 2012 in the following four cantons (cantones) :

  • 02-1002-01 Canton Quime - 22 towns - 4,693 inhabitants ( 2001: 4,583 inhabitants )
  • 02-1002-02 Canton Choquetanga - 15 localities - 2,683 inhabitants ( 2001: 2,537 inhabitants )
  • 02-1002-03 Canton of Huaña Cota - 3 villages - 553 inhabitants ( 2001: 69 inhabitants )
  • 02-1002-04 Canton Figueroa - 7 towns - 507 inhabitants ( 2001: 149 inhabitants )

Localities Municipio Quime

  • Canton of Quime

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 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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