Municipio Salinas de Garcí Mendoza
| Municipio Salinas de Garcí Mendoza |
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 Administration building and church in the Plaza de Arma in Salinas de Garcí Mendoza |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
11,705 inhabitants (2012 census) 2 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 04-0801 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 5,611 km² | ||
| height | 3700 m | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 25 ′ S , 67 ° 30 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Ladislao Cabrera Province | ||
| Central place | Salinas de Garcí Mendoza | ||
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 Climate diagram Salinas de Garcí Mendoza |
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The municipality of Salinas de Garcí Mendoza is a district in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Salinas de Garcí Mendoza is the southern of the two municipalities of the province of Ladislao Cabrera and lies between the two salt lakes Salar de Coipasa and Salar de Uyuni . It is bordered to the north by the province of Sud Carangas , to the west by the province of Sabaya , to the south and southeast by the Department of Potosí , and to the east by the municipality of Pampa Aullagas .
The central place of the district is Salinas de Garcí Mendoza with 593 inhabitants ( 2012 ) in the southern part of the municipality.
geography
The Municipio Salinas de Garcí Mendoza is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.
The climate is arid , the annual precipitation is just under 200 mm (see climate diagram), with a pronounced dry season from April to November with only sporadic precipitation; only in the summer from December to March there is significant rainfall between 20 and 70 mm per month. The mean average temperature of the region is around 4.5 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 0 ° C in July and 7 ° C in January.
population
The population of the municipality of Salinas de Garcí Mendoza has more than doubled in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 5,761 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 8,723 inhabitants (census)
- 2010 : 12,483 inhabitants (update)
The population density of the municipality at the 2012 census was 2.1 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent.
The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 54.7 years. The literacy rate among those over 19 is 89 percent, 96 percent for men and 81 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 | JyL | ||
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| 3,169 | 2,695 | 1,607 | 1.311 | 296 | ||
| 85.0% | 59.6% | 81.6% | 18.4% |
structure
The municipality of Salinas de Garci Mendoza was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following eight cantons ( cantones ):
- 04-0801-01 Canton Salinas de Garcí Mendoza - 41 villages - 3408 inhabitants
- 04-0801-02 Canton Challacota - 5 localities - 468 inhabitants
- 04-0801-03 Canton of Jirira - 16 villages - 905 inhabitants
- 04-0801-04 Canton of Aroma - 14 villages - 913 inhabitants
- 04-0801-05 Canton of Ucumasi - 17 towns - 2,216 inhabitants
- 04-0801-06 Canton of Concepción de Belén - 2 towns - 285 inhabitants
- 04-0801-07 Canton of San Martín - 13 localities - 1,183 inhabitants
- 04-0801-08 Canton Villa Esperanza - 23 villages - 2,327 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Salinas de Garcí Mendoza
- Canton of Salinas de Garcí Mendoza
- Salinas de Garcí Mendoza 593 pop.
- Canton of Challacota
- Challacota 184 pop.
- Canton flavor
- Aroma 115 pop.
- Canton of Concepción de Belén
- Concepción de Belén 148 pop.
- Canton of San Martín
- Lupuyo 237 pop - San Martín 38 pop
- Canton Villa Esperanza
- Puqui 274 pop - Catuyo 196 pop - Sighualaca 172 pop - Chalhua 146 pop - Tambo Tambillo 137 pop - Playa Verde 126 pop - Villa Esperanza Quinsuyo 117 pop .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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 Salinas de Garcí Mendoza - General Maps No. 40801
- Municipio Salinas de Garcí Mendoza - detailed map and population data (PDF; 806 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )