Municipio Sorata

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Municipio Sorata
View of the city of Sorata in front of the Illampú massif
View of the city of Sorata in front of the Illampú massif
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		23,016 inhabitants (2012 census)
12 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0601
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,996 km²
height 3800  m
Coordinates 15 ° 45 ′  S , 68 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 45 ′  S , 68 ° 32 ′  W
Municipio Sorata (Bolivia)
Municipio Sorata
Municipio Sorata
politics

Department La Paz
province Larecaja Province
Central place Sorata
climate
Climate diagram Sorata
Climate diagram Sorata

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

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Sorata is one of eight municipalities in the province of Larecaja and is located in the central southern part of the province. It borders in the northwest with the municipality Tacacoma , in the west with the province Muñecas , in the southwest with the municipality Combaya and with the province Omasuyos , in the south and southeast with the municipality Guanay , in the east with the municipality Tipuani , and in the northeast with the municipality Mapiri .

The municipality measures up to 50 kilometers in north-south direction and up to 70 kilometers in east-west direction. The municipality has 200 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Sorata with 2,788 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the southwestern part of the district.

geography

The municipality of Sorata is located in the high mountain range of the Cordillera Real on the western foothills of the Illampú massif.

The mean average temperature of the central place Sorata is 18 ° C (see climate diagram Sorata), the annual precipitation is a little more than 600 mm. The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between a good 15 ° C in June / July and a good 19 ° C in November / December. The monthly precipitation is between less than 25 mm in the months May to August and 100 to 125 mm from December to February.

population

The population of the Municipio Sorata has increased by more than a third in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 16 073 census
2001 19 013 census
2012 23 016 census

In the last census of 2012, the municipality had a population density of 11.5 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 59.3 years, and the infant mortality rate was 9.6 percent (1992) to 7.6 percent The year 2001 fell, the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age was 69.2 percent.

63.4 percent of the population speak Spanish , 92.2 percent speak Aymara , and 1.1 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

77.3 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 74.0 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

56.6 percent of the 6,149 households have a radio, 8.7 percent a television, 3.3 percent a bicycle, 0.3 percent a motorcycle, 2.0 percent a car, 2.7 percent a refrigerator, 0.6 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 MPS MAS-IPSP ASP FPV
8,719   7,537 5,504   2,169 1,677 1,020 638
  86.4% 73.0%   39.4% 30.5% 18.5% 11.6%

structure

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

  • 02-0601-01 Canton of Sorata - 76 municipalities - 8,717 inhabitants ( 2001: 7,096 inhabitants )
  • 02-0601-02 Canton Chuchulaya - 24 municipalities - 2,310 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,819 inhabitants )
  • 02-0601-03 Canton Yani - 15 municipalities - 1,989 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,589 inhabitants )
  • 02-0601-04 Canton of Ilabaya - 34 municipalities - 4,502 inhabitants ( 2001: 3,895 inhabitants )
  • 02-0601-05 Canton Obispo Bosque - 17 municipalities - 920 inhabitants ( 2001: 962 inhabitants )
  • 02-0601-06 Canton Ancoma - 18 municipalities - 2,795 inhabitants ( 2001: 2,208 inhabitants )
  • 02-0601-07 Canton of San Antonio de Millipaya - 12 municipalities - 1,783 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,444 inhabitants )

Localities in the municipality of Sorata

  • Canton of Sorata

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 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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