Municipio Santiago de Huata
Municipio Santiago de Huata | ||
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Basic data
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Residents (state) | 7985 pop. (2012 census) | |
Post Code | 02-0205 | |
Telephone code | (+591) | |
height | 4000 m | |
Coordinates | 16 ° 5 ′ S , 68 ° 50 ′ W | |
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politics
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Department | La Paz | |
province | Omasuyos Province | |
Central place | Santiago de Huata | |
climate | ||
Climate diagram Achacachi |
The municipality of Santiago de Huata is a district in the La Paz department in the South American state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Santiago de Huata is one of six municipalities in the province of Omasuyos and is located in the south-western part of the province. It is bordered by Lake Titicaca to the north and west , and the Municipio Achacachi to the south and east . The municipality extends between 16 ° 00 'and 16 ° 10' south latitude and between 68 ° 47 'and 68 ° 54' west longitude, its extent in east-west direction is up to 14 kilometers, in north-south direction up to 12 kilometers.
The municipality has 44 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the town of Santiago de Huata with 457 inhabitants in the northern part of the district.
geography
The municipality of Santiago de Huata is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the east bank of Lake Titicaca at an average altitude of 4000 m , between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.
The climate in the Huarina area is derived from the altitude on the Altiplano and the proximity to the large body of water of Lake Titicaca, which mitigates temperature fluctuations. The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see climate diagram Achacachi), with the monthly average in the coldest month (July) at 8 ° C only slightly deviating from the warmest month (November to March) at 12 ° C. The climate is arid from June to August with only sporadic rainfall, and it is humid in the summer months, especially from December to March, with monthly rainfall of more than 100 mm. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm.
population
By law of July 15, 2005, the municipality of Huarina, and by law of January 20, 2009, the municipality of Santiago de Huata was separated from the municipality of Achacachi. The population of the municipality of Santiago de Huata has increased over the past two decades:
year | Residents | source |
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1992 | 6 921 | census |
2001 | 8 012 | census |
2012 | 7,985 | census |
In the last census of 2001, the municipality of Achacachi / Huarani / Santiago de Huata had a population density of 66 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns was 59.4 years, and the infant mortality rate was from 7.9 percent (1992) to 7, 6 percent decreased slightly in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over 19 was 71.0 percent, namely 86.8 percent for men and 57.0 percent for women (2001) .
66.5 percent of the population in the municipality of Achacachi / Huarina / Santiago de Huata spoke Spanish , 94.1 percent spoke Aymara , and 0.2 percent spoke Quechua . (2001)
59.4 percent of the population had no access to electricity , 83.4 percent lived without sanitary facilities (2001) .
57.0 percent of households in 2001 had a radio, 16.7 percent a television, 27.2 percent a bicycle, 0.8 percent a motorcycle, 1.5 percent a car, 0.6 percent a refrigerator, 1, 3 percent a 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 | ASP | ||
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3,311 | 3,027 | 1,857 | 1,154 | 703 | ||
91.4% | 61.3% | 62.1% | 37.9% |
structure
The municipality of Santiago de Huata was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following two cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-0205-03 Canton of Santiago de Huata - 28 localities - 5,281 inhabitants
- 02-0205-06 Canton Kalaque - 16 localities - 2,704 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Santiago de Huata
- Santiago de Huata Canton
- Pucuro Grande 466 pop - Santiago de Huata 457 pop
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Santiago de Huata: Historia de una región del Titicaca (PDF; 207 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Santiago de Huata - General Maps No. 20201
- Municipio Santiago de Huata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 671 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )