Municipio Tacacoma

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Municipio Tacacoma
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		8013 inhabitants (2012 census)
10 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0603
Telephone code (+591)
surface 834 km²
height 2500  m
Coordinates 15 ° 27 ′  S , 68 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 27 ′  S , 68 ° 32 ′  W
Municipio Tacacoma (Bolivia)
Municipio Tacacoma
Municipio Tacacoma
politics

Department La Paz
province Larecaja Province
Central place Tacacoma
climate
Climate diagram Sorata
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
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.
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 ):

Localities in the municipality of Tacacoma

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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