Municipio Santiago de Huari

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Municipio Santiago de Huari
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		13,153 inhabitants (2012 census)
5 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 04-1401
Telephone code (+591)
surface 2,815 km²
height 3700  m
Coordinates 19 ° 2 ′  S , 66 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 2 ′  S , 66 ° 51 ′  W
Municipio Santiago de Huari (Bolivia)
Municipio Santiago de Huari
Municipio Santiago de Huari
politics

Department Oruro
province Sebastián Pagador Province
Central place Santiago de Huari
climate
Climate diagram Challapata
Climate diagram Challapata

The Municipio Santiago de Huari (also "Huari" for short ) 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 Santiago de Huari is the only municipality in the province of Sebastián Pagador . It borders in the northeast and north with the northern part of the province of Eduardo Avaroa , in the northwest with the province Sud Carangas and the province Ladislao Cabrera , in the southwest with the southern part of the province Eduardo Avaroa, and in the southeast with the department Potosí .

geography

The municipality of Santiago de Huari is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the Cordillera Azanaques , which is part of the Cordillera Central mountain range . The mean average temperature of the region is 8–9 ° C (see climate diagram Challapata) and fluctuates between 4 ° C in June and July and 11 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is almost 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 15 mm, and significant precipitation only from December to March with 60 to 80 mm monthly precipitation.

population

The population of the municipality of Santiago de Huari has almost doubled over the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 7,712 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 10,221 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 13,153 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality at the 2012 census was 4.7 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 32.9 percent.

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 58.3 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 75 percent, 90 percent for men and 56 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 MSM
4,255   3,718 2,421   1,703 718
  87.4% 65.1%   70.3% 29.7%

structure

The municipality is divided into nine cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the municipality of Santiago de Huari

  • Canton Condo "K"
    • -
  • Urmiri Canton

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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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