Municipio of San Pedro de Curahuara
| Municipio of San Pedro de Curahuara | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
8776 inhabitants (2012 census) 12 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 02-1801 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 744 km² | ||
| height | 4000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 35 ′ S , 68 ° 0 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Gualberto Villarroel Province | ||
| Central place | San Pedro de Curahuara | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Curahuara de Carangas |
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The municipality of San Pedro de Curahuara is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of San Pedro de Curahuara is one of three municipalities in the province of Gualberto Villarroel and is located in the central part of the province. It borders the Municipio Chacarilla to the west, the Oruro department to the south, the Papel Pampa municipality to the east , and the Aroma province to the north .
The municipality has 79 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is San Pedro de Curahuara with 472 inhabitants in the western part of the municipality. Larger towns in the municipality are Villa Manquiri with 477 inhabitants and Chilahuala with 149 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )
geography
The municipality of San Pedro de Curahuara is located on the Bolivian Altiplano at an average altitude of 4000 m east of the ridge of the Serranía de Huayllamarca and is bounded to the north by the Río Desaguadero .
The annual average temperature of the municipality is 9 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 450 mm (see climate diagram Curahuara de Carangas). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 7 ° C in July and 11 ° C in December. the monthly precipitation is between 0 and 10 mm in the months May to August and close to 100 mm from December to February.
population
The population of the municipality of San Pedro de Curahuara has increased by around two thirds in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 5 447 | census |
| 2001 | 8 103 | census |
| 2012 | 8 776 | census |
The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 60.5 years, and infant mortality fell from 10.3 percent (1992) to 7.1 percent in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 84.3 percent, namely 93.8 percent for men and 73.3 percent for women (2001) .
73.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 96.8 percent speak Aymara , and 0.3 percent speak Quechua . (2001)
98.8 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 78.7 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
74.3 percent of households have a radio, 2.1 percent a television, 74.5 percent a bicycle, 1.8 percent a motorcycle, 2.0 percent a car, 0.0 percent a refrigerator, 0.4 percent one 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 | MPS | MSM | UNIR | U.N. | ||
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| 3,202 | 2,929 | 2,344 | 974 | 473 | 464 | 318 | 115 | ||
| 91.5% | 80.0% | 41.6% | 20.2% | 19.8% | 13.6% | 4.9% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following eleven cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-1801-01 Canton of San Pedro de Curahuara - 15 towns - 2,121 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,570 inhabitants )
- 02-1801-02 Canton Chilahuala - 1 village - 149 inhabitants ( 2001: 220 inhabitants )
- 02-1801-03 Canton Puerto Capitan Castrillo - 3 villages - 360 inhabitants ( 2001: 97 inhabitants )
- 02-1801-04 Canton Jankho Marca - 8 villages - 1,206 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,025 inhabitants )
- 02-1801-05 Canton Villa Manquiri - 9 towns - 1,455 inhabitants ( 2001: 998 inhabitants )
- 02-1801-06 Canton Pedro Domingo Murillo - 9 villages - 644 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,298 inhabitants )
- 02-1801-07 Canton Río Mulato Kari - 16 localities - 891 inhabitants ( 2001: 847 inhabitants )
- 02-1801-08 Canton Jalsuri - 5 towns - 839 inhabitants ( 2001: 737 inhabitants )
- 02-1801-09 Canton Waldo Ballivian - 10 villages - 860 inhabitants ( 2001: 999 inhabitants )
- 02-1801-10 Canton Conchari - 2 villages - 83 inhabitants ( 2001: 215 inhabitants )
- 02-1801-11 Canton German Busch - 1 village - 168 inhabitants ( 2001: 97 inhabitants )
Localities in the municipality of San Pedro de Curahuara
- San Pedro de Curahuara Canton
- San Pedro de Curahuara pop. 472.
- Chilahuala Canton
- Chilahuala 149 pop.
- Canton of Villa Manquiri
- Villa Manquiri Pop. 477.
- Pedro Domingo Murillo Canton
- Araj Huma 55 pop.
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 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Relief map of the Corocoro region 1: 250: 000 (PDF; 9.8 MB)
- Municipio San Pedro - General Maps No. 21801
- Municipio San Pedro - detailed map and population data (PDF; 436 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )