Municipio Tarabuco

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Municipio Tarabuco
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		16,466 inhabitants (2012 census)
16 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 01-0601
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,059 km²
height 3000  m
Coordinates 19 ° 9 ′  S , 64 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 9 ′  S , 64 ° 53 ′  W
Municipio Tarabuco (Bolivia)
Municipio Tarabuco
Municipio Tarabuco
politics

Department Chuquisaca
province Yamparáez Province
Central place Tarabuco
climate
Climate diagram Tarabuco
Climate diagram Tarabuco

The municipality of Tarabuco is a district in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Tarabuco is one of two municipalities in the province of Yamparáez and comprises its eastern half. It borders in the northwest with the province of Oropeza , in the west with the municipality Yamparáez , in the southwest with the department Potosí , and in the southeast and east with the province Jaime Zudáñez .

The municipality extends approximately between 18 ° 52 'and 19 ° 22' south latitude and 64 ° 44 'and 65 ° 05' west longitude, its extent from west to east is up to 30 kilometers, from north to south up to 45 kilometers .

The municipality comprises 154 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the rural town of Tarabuco with 2,977 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the western part of the district.

geography

The municipality of Tarabuco is located in the ridge of the Bolivian Cordillera Central , between the Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. The climate is a cool, moderate mountain climate with a typical time of day climate , in which the temperature differences fluctuate more strongly during the day than during the year.

The annual average temperature in Tarabuco is around 9 ° C (see Tarabuco climate diagram), the monthly averages fluctuate between 6 ° C in July and 11 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is 600 mm and has four arid months from May to August with monthly values ​​below 10 mm, and a significant humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation between 100 and 125 mm.

population

The population of the Municipio Tarabuco has decreased slightly over the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 19 607 census
2001 19 554 census
2012 16 466 census

The population density at the last census of 2012 was 15.6 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age was 67.5 percent in 2001. The life expectancy of newborns was 54.3 years and infant mortality had fallen from 11.9 percent (1992) to 10.3 percent in 2001.

33.7 percent of the population speak Spanish , 98.6 percent speak Quechua , and 0.1 percent speak Aymara . (2001)

79.6 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 81.2 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

73.9 percent of 4,271 households have a radio, 11.6 percent a television, 20.2 percent a bicycle, 0.3 percent a motorcycle, 1.7 percent a car, 1.6 percent a refrigerator, and 0.5 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 MSM
8,152   7.002 5.111   3,364 1,747
  85.9% 73.0%   65.8% 34.2%

structure

The tarabuco municipality was at the last census in 2012 of the following two cantons ( cantones ):

  • 01-0601-1 Canton Tarabuco - 69 Vicecantones - 73 municipalities - 15,742 inhabitants ( 2001: 18,538 inhabitants )
  • 01-0601-2 Canton Pajcha - 8 Vicecantones - 8 municipalities - 724 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,016 inhabitants )

Localities in the municipality of Tarabuco

  • Canton of Pajcha

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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