Municipio of San Pedro de Tiquina

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Municipio of San Pedro de Tiquina
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		5962 inhabitants (2012 census)
45 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1702
Telephone code (+591)
surface 133 km²
height 3850  m
Coordinates 16 ° 14 ′  S , 68 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 14 ′  S , 68 ° 52 ′  W
Municipio San Pedro de Tiquina (Bolivia)
Municipio of San Pedro de Tiquina
Municipio of San Pedro de Tiquina
politics

Department La Paz
province Manco Kapac Province
Central place San Pedro de Tiquina
climate
Climate diagram El Alto
Climate diagram El Alto

The municipality of San Pedro de Tiquina is a district in the La Paz department . The municipality takes its name from the Strait of Tiquina , an 800 m wide strait that connects the northern part of Lake Titicaca with the southern part.

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of San Pedro de Tiquina is one of three municipalities in the Manco Kapac province and is located in the southeastern part of the province. It is bordered by Lake Titicaca to the south, east and north , the Republic of Peru to the south , and the Municipio Tito Yupanqui to the northeast .

The municipality has 31 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is San Pedro de Tiquina with 694 inhabitants in the central part of the municipality, the largest place is San Pablo de Tiquina with 981 inhabitants on the northeast side of the Strait of Tiquina. (2001)

geography

The municipality of San Pedro de Tiquina is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the Copacabana Peninsula in Lake Titicaca at an average altitude of 3850  m . The annual average temperature of the municipality is 10 ° C (see climate diagram El Alto), the annual precipitation is about 600 mm. The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 8 ° C in July and 11 ° C in December. the monthly precipitation is between less than 10 mm in the months of June and July and around 100 mm from December to February.

population

The population of the municipality of San Pedro de Tiquina has increased only slightly in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 5 490 census
2001 6 093 census
2012 5,962 census

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 57.8 years, and infant mortality fell from 9.7 percent (1992) to 8.2 percent in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 69.2 percent, namely 90.4 percent for men and 50.2 percent for women (2001) .

68.8 percent of the population speak Spanish , 92.5 percent speak Aymara , and 1.2 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

50.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 83.1 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

65.3 percent of the 2,171 households have a radio, 17.8 percent a television, 13.2 percent a bicycle, 0.1 percent a motorcycle, 1.0 percent a car, 1.6 percent a refrigerator, 1.6 percent a telephone. (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 IDEA ASP MSM
2,827   2,520 1,670   658 481 327 204
  89.1% 66.3%   39.4% 28.8% 19.6% 12.2%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of San Pedro de Tiquina

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

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