Municipio Sica Sica

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Municipio Sica Sica
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density
31,054 inhabitants (2012 census)
18 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1301
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,713 km²
height 3800  m
Coordinates 17 ° 20 ′  S , 67 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 20 ′  S , 67 ° 30 ′  W
Municipio Sica Sica (Bolivia)
Municipio Sica Sica
Municipio Sica Sica
politics

Department La Paz
province Provincial flavor
Central place Sica Sica
climate
Climate diagram El Alto
Climate diagram El Alto

The Municipio Sica Sica is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Sica Sica is one of seven Municipios of the Province of Aroma and is located in the southeastern part of the Province. It is bordered by the municipality of Patacamaya in the northwest , the municipality of Umala in the west, the province of Gualberto Villarroel in the south, the Oruro department in the southeast and the Loayza province in the east and north .

The municipality has 100 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Sica Sica with 3,086 inhabitants in the northwestern part of the municipality. Larger towns in the municipality are Lahuachaca with 5,874 inhabitants and Cala Cala with 2,087 inhabitants in 2012.

geography

The Municipio Sica Sica is located on the Bolivian Altiplano at an average altitude of 3800  m , between the Andean mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.

The mean average temperature of the municipality is 9 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 600 mm (see climate diagram El Alto). 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 less than 10 mm in the months of June and July and close to 100 mm from December to February.

population

The municipality has an area of ​​1,713 km² and had a population density of 18.1 inhabitants / km² at the 2012 census .

The population of the municipality has increased by around two thirds in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 19 582 census
2001 26 818 census
2012 31 054 census

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 59.9 years, and infant mortality fell from 11.0 percent (1992) to 7.4 percent in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 83.2 percent, namely 92.8 percent for men and 73.8 percent for women (2001) .

79.6 percent of the population speak Spanish , 90.3 percent speak Aymara , and 0.4 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

74.8 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 79.1 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

71.9 percent of households have a radio, 14.4 percent a television, 43.4 percent a bicycle, 1.0 percent a motorcycle, 4.6 percent a car, 0.5 percent a refrigerator, and 1.7 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 MPS ASP NOS FPV MSM MWZ
10,418   9,467 6,482   2,670 1,124 876 632 515 347 318
  90.9% 68.5%   41.2% 17.3% 13.5% 9.8% 7.9% 5.4% 4.9%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Sica Sica

  • Canton of Colpapucho Belén

Individual evidence

  1. Page no longer available , search in web archives: Observatorio Bolivia Democrática (OBD)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / obd.descentralizacion.gob.bo
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  4. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  5. Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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