Municipio Sicaya

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Municipio Sicaya
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		3740 inhabitants (2012 census)
33 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03-0703
Telephone code (+591)
surface 112 km²
height 2800  m
Coordinates 17 ° 46 ′  S , 66 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 46 ′  S , 66 ° 21 ′  W
Municipio Sicaya (Bolivia)
Municipio Sicaya
Municipio Sicaya
politics

Department Cochabamba
province Capinota Province
Central place Sicaya
climate
Climate diagram Arque
Climate diagram Arque

The Municipio Sicaya is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Sicaya is one of three municipalities in the province of Capinota . It borders the province of Arque to the west and south , the municipality of Capinota to the east , and the province of Quillacollo to the north .

The central place of the municipality is Sicaya with 857 inhabitants in the central part of the municipality. (2012 census)

geography

The Municipio Sicaya stretches along the central reaches of the Río Arque and lies between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west, the Cordillera Central in the south and the Cordillera Oriental in the north and northeast.

The climate is a typical daytime climate in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are more pronounced than the temperature differences between summer and winter. The annual average temperature is around 10 ° C (see climate diagram Arque), the monthly values ​​fluctuate between 6 and 7 ° C in June / July and 13 ° C from November to January.

The long-term mean precipitation is around 600 mm and is characterized by a winter dry season from May to September and monthly values ​​below 15 mm, and a summer wet season from December to February, in which monthly precipitation between 100 and 150 mm is reached.

population

The population of the Municipio Sicaya has increased by more than half in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 2,391 census
2001 2,235 census
2012 3,740 census

The population density of the municipality at the 2012 census was 33.4 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0.0 percent.

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 58.8 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 57.4 percent, 72.8 percent for men and 39.8 percent for women (2001) .

Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population , in the Municipio Sicaya 98.7 percent of the inhabitants speak the Quechua language .

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
1,412   1,280 948   852 96
  90.7% 74.1%   89.9% 10.1%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Sicaya

  • Canton of Sicaya
  • Canton of Orcoma

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. ↑ Estadísticas e Indicadores Sociodemográficos Productivos Financieros y por municipality
  5. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

Web links