Municipio Tacobamba

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Municipio Tacobamba
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		11,735 inhabitants (2012 census)
13 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 05-0303
Telephone code (+591)
surface 882 km²
height 3300  m
Coordinates 19 ° 12 ′  S , 65 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 12 ′  S , 65 ° 33 ′  W
Municipio Tacobamba (Bolivia)
Municipio Tacobamba
Municipio Tacobamba
politics

Department Potosí
province Province of Cornelio Saavedra
Central place Tacobamba
Location of the Municipio Tacobamba in the Department of Potosí
Location of the Municipio Tacobamba
in the Department of Potosí
climate
Climate diagram Potosí
Climate diagram Potosí

The municipality of Tacobamba is a district in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Tacobamba is one of three municipalities in the province of Cornelio Saavedra . It borders the province of Chayanta to the northwest , the province of Tomás Frías to the west, the municipality of Betanzos to the south and southeast , and the department of Chuquisaca to the northeast . It extends for about 60 kilometers in a north-south and over 40 kilometers in an east-west direction.

geography

The municipality of Tacobamba is located east of the Altiplano and includes valleys and ridges of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The region has a typical time of day climate, i. This means that the temperature differences between day and night are greater than the temperature differences between the seasons.

The mean average temperature of the region is 11.5 ° C and fluctuates between almost 10 ° C in June / July and a good 14 ° C from October to March. The annual precipitation is 500 mm, with a pronounced dry season with monthly precipitation below 10 mm from May to August, and monthly precipitation of more than 100 mm from December to February (see also the climate diagram Potosí).

population

The population has remained almost the same in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 11,727 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 12,754 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 11,735 inhabitants (update)

The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 13.3 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent, the proportion of the population under 15 years of age in 2001 was 45.6 percent.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 37 percent, 54 percent for men and 22 percent for women. The most important idiom with a share of 78 percent is Quechua . 89 percent of the population are Catholic, 5 percent Protestant. ( 1992 )

The life expectancy of newborns is 53 years. 91 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 98.5 percent live without sanitary facilities. ( 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
4.152   3,193 2,562   2,562
  76.9% 80.2%   100.0%

structure

The municipality is divided into the following cantons :

Localities in the municipality of Tacobamba
  • Canton rodeo

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GEO ReiseCommunity
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2001)
  4. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones (PDF; 1.57 MB)
  5. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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