Municipio Sopachuy
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| Population (state) - population density |
7,228 inhabitants (2012 census) 12 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 01-0403 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 626 km² | ||
| height | 2400 m | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 28 ′ S , 64 ° 32 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Tomina Province | ||
| Central place | Sopachuy | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Sopachuy |
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The municipality of Sopachuy is a district in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Municipio Sopachuy is one of five Municipios of the Tomina Province and includes its western area. It borders on the municipality of Tomina to the north, the province of Jaime Zudáñez to the west, the province of Azurduy to the south, the municipality of El Villar to the southeast , and the municipality of Villa Alcalá to the east .
The municipality extends between about 19 ° 18 'and 19 ° 26' south latitude and 64 ° 22 'and 64 ° 40' west longitude, its extension from west to east is up to 30 kilometers, from north to south up to 35 kilometers .
The municipality comprises 109 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the town of Sopachuy with 1,937 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the eastern part of the district.
geography
The municipality of Sopachuy is located in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands. The climate of the region is semi-humid and a typical daytime climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature in the municipality of Sopachuy is a mild 21 ° C (see climate diagram Sopachuy) and fluctuates only slightly between 17 and 18 ° C in June and July and just under 23 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to September with monthly precipitation below 25 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 100 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio Sopachuy has increased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 6 121 | census |
| 2001 | 7 241 | census |
| 2012 | 7 228 | census |
The population density at the last census of 2012 was 11.5 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age had increased from 32.1 percent (1992) to 53.7 percent (2001). The life expectancy of newborns was 60.8 years and infant mortality had fallen from 8.8 percent (1992) to 7.8 percent in 2001.
47.3 percent of the population speak Spanish , 93.8 percent speak Quechua , and 0.1 percent speak Aymara . (2001)
82.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 85.4 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
52.5 percent of the 1,518 households have a radio, 10.1 percent a television, 15.5 percent a bicycle, 0.7 percent a motorcycle, 1.1 percent a car, 5.3 percent a refrigerator, and 0.3 percent 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 | MMP | ||
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| 2,982 | 2,521 | 2,103 | 1,586 | 517 | ||
| 84.5% | 83.4% | 75.4% | 24.6% |
structure
The municipality of Sopachuy consists only of the canton ( cantón ) Sopachuy and is divided into the following sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Vicecantón Amancaya - 5 municipalities - 551 inhabitants ( 2001 )
- Vicecantón Comunidad Alisos - 5 municipalities - 217 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Jarca Mayu - 4 parishes - 105 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Milanes - 11 municipalities - 360 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad San Isidro - 1 municipality - 131 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Silva - 11 municipalities - 225 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Sipicani - 3 municipalities - 772 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Tambillos Pampas - 4 parishes - 161 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Cuevas - 1 municipality - 181 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Mama Huasi - 3 parishes - 523 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Matela Baja - 4 parishes - 229 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Pampas Del Carmen - 4 parishes - 163 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Pampas Punta - 4 parishes - 353 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Paslapaya Baja - 8 parishes - 288 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Rodeo - 9 parishes - 87 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San Antonio - 3 parishes - 203 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San Blas Alto - 3 parishes - 188 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San Jose De Matelillas - 2 parishes - 196 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San Juan De Horcas - 16 parishes - 421 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San Luis De Chavarria - 5 parishes - 276 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Sauce Molino - 2 municipalities - 163 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Sopachuy - 1 parish - 1478 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Sopachuy
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 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
- Municipio Sopachuy - General Maps No. 10403
- Municipio Sopachuy - detailed map and population data (PDF; 420 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )