Municipio Sacaba

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Municipio Sacaba
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		169,494 inhabitants (2012 census)
240 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03-1001
Telephone code (+591)
surface 707 km²
height 2560  m
Coordinates 17 ° 20 ′  S , 66 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 20 ′  S , 66 ° 2 ′  W
Municipio Sacaba (Bolivia)
Municipio Sacaba
Municipio Sacaba
politics

Department Cochabamba
province Chapare Province
Central place Sacaba
climate
Climate diagram Cochabamba
Climate diagram Cochabamba

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

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Sacaba is one of three municipalities in the province of Chapare . It borders the province of Quillacollo to the northwest , the province of Cercado to the west, the province of Esteban Arce and the province of Germán Jordán to the south, the province of Punata and the province of Tiraque to the southeast , the municipality of Colomi to the east , and the north to the Municipio Villa Tunari .

The central place of the municipality is Sacaba with 149,563 inhabitants in the central part of the district. ( 2012 census )

Together with Cercado and Quillacollo, Sacaba forms the Kanata metropolitan region, which was founded in 2014 .

geography

The municipality of Sacaba is located on the western edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental in a valley region halfway between the Altiplano and Chapare lowlands, which is also known as the region of eternal spring. The climate is warm and temperate and has a mean average temperature of almost 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba), the monthly values ​​fluctuate only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and almost 20 ° C from October to December.

The annual precipitation is only about 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a short humidity period from December to February with 90 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.

population

The population of the Municipio Sacaba has almost tripled in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 57,353 census
2001 117,100 census
2012 169.494 census

The population density of the municipality at the 2012 census was 240 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 88.3 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 64.3 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 87.7 percent, namely 95.1 percent for men and 81.4 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 H.OBRAS PDC UN- CP MSM ACS FPV MCS
87.505   75,859 59,583   26,049 12,139 5.115 4,624 4,376 4.193 1,867 1,220
  86.7% 78.5%   43.7% 20.4% 8.6% 7.8% 7.3% 7.0% 3.1% 2.0%

structure

The sacaba municipality is divided into the following six cantons ( cantones ):

  • 03-1001-01 Canton Sacaba - 60 localities - 157,366 inhabitants
  • 03-1001-02 Canton Aguirre - 1 village - 101 inhabitants
  • 03-1001-03 Canton of Chiñata - 23 localities - 2,599 inhabitants
  • 03-1001-04 Canton Lava Lava - 12 villages - 3,987 inhabitants
  • 03-1001-05 Ucuchi Canton - 4 localities - 686 inhabitants
  • 03-1001-06 Quewiñapampa Canton - 36 localities - 4,755 inhabitants

Localities in the municipality of Sacaba

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 533 Creación de la Región Metropolitana Kanata - Cochabamba (May 27, 2014)
  2. ↑ Cedib on Región Metropolitana Kanata - Cochabamba (May 27, 2014)
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  4. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  5. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
  6. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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