Municipio Tacacoma
Municipio Tacacoma | ||
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Basic data
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Population (state) - population density |
8013 inhabitants (2012 census) 10 inhabitants / km² |
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Post Code | 02-0603 | |
Telephone code | (+591) | |
surface | 834 km² | |
height | 2500 m | |
Coordinates | 15 ° 27 ′ S , 68 ° 32 ′ W | |
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politics
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Department | La Paz | |
province | Larecaja Province | |
Central place | Tacacoma | |
climate | ||
Climate diagram Sorata |
The Municipio Tacacoma is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Municipio Tacacoma is one of eight Municipios of the Larecaja Province and is located in the northwestern part of the province. It borders in the north on the province of Bautista Saavedra , in the west on the province of Muñecas , in the south-west on the municipality Quiabaya , in the south and southeast on the municipality Sorata , and in the northeast on the municipality Mapiri .
The municipality has a length of 55 kilometers from northeast to southwest and a width of about 20 kilometers from northwest to southeast. The municipality has 100 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Tacacoma with 794 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the southwestern part of the district.
geography
The municipality of Tacacoma is located in the high mountain range of the Cordillera Real on the northern foothills of the Illampú massif.
The mean average temperature of the region is 18 ° C (see Sorata climate diagram), 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 Tacacoma has increased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
year | Residents | source |
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1992 | 6,881 | census |
2001 | 6 269 | census |
2012 | 8 013 | census |
In the last census of 2012, the municipality had a population density of 9.6 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.1 years, the infant mortality rate was from 7.7 percent (1992) to 6.0 percent in 2001 fell, the literacy rate among those over 6 was 77.5 percent.
63.4 percent of the population speak Spanish , 76.3 percent speak Aymara , and 10.7 percent speak Quechua . (2001)
75.9 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 87.4 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
61.4 percent of 1,920 households have a radio, 8.7 percent a television, 7.8 percent a bicycle, 1.4 percent a motorcycle, 2.0 percent a car, 3.0 percent a refrigerator, 0.2 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 | U.N. | ||
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2,792 | 2,362 | 1,639 | 870 | 405 | 364 | ||
84.6% | 69.4% | 53.1% | 24.7% | 22.2% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following five cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-0603-01 Canton of Tacacoma - 15 municipalities - 1,953 inhabitants
- 02-0603-02 Canton Consata - 43 municipalities - 2,942 inhabitants
- 02-0603-03 Canton Chumisa - 11 municipalities - 1,931 inhabitants
- 02-0603-04 Canton Ananea - 4 municipalities - 560 inhabitants
- 02-0603-05 Canton Collabamba - 3 municipalities - 627 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Tacacoma
- Canton of Tacacoma
- Tacacoma 794 pop.
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 Tacacoma - General Maps No. 20603
- Municipio Tacacoma - detailed map and population data (PDF; 836 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )