Municipio Taraco

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Municipio Taraco
Lake Titicaca near Taraco
Lake Titicaca near Taraco
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		6598 inhabitants (2012 census)
61 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0807
Telephone code (+591)
surface 108 km²
height 3900  m
Coordinates 16 ° 27 ′  S , 68 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 27 ′  S , 68 ° 50 ′  W
Municipio Taraco (Bolivia)
Municipio Taraco
Municipio Taraco
politics

Department La Paz
province Ingavi Province
Central place Taraco
climate
Climate diagram Juliaca / Peru
Climate diagram Juliaca / Peru

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

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Taraco is one of seven Municipios of the Ingavi Province and is located in the northern part of the province. It borders on Lake Titicaca to the north and west , and the Municipio Tiahuanacu to the south and east .

The municipality has 18 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Taraco with 238 inhabitants in the northern part of the municipality. The largest town in the municipality is Ñachoca with 1,168 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of Taraco is located at an average altitude of 3900  m on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andean mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.

The mean average temperature in the area of ​​Lake Titicaca is around 9 ° C, the annual precipitation is 500 to 600 mm (see Juliaca climate diagram). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 7 ° C in July and 12 ° C in December. The monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months May to August and just over 100 mm from January to February.

population

The municipality has an area of ​​108 km² and a population density of 61.1 inhabitants / km². ( 2012 )

The population of the Municipio Taraco has increased by more than two thirds in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 3 674 census
2001 5,922 census
2012 6 598 census

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was around 62 years, and infant mortality fell from 7.7 percent (1992) to 6.7 percent in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 is 75.3 percent, namely 86.7 percent for men and 64.4 percent for women. ( 2001 )

68.4 percent of the population speak Spanish , 97.1 percent speak Aymara , and 0.2 percent speak Quechua . ( 2001 )

57.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 82.6 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

66.2 percent of the total of 1,762 households have a radio, 4.3 percent a television, 31.6 percent a bicycle, 0.4 percent a motorcycle, 1.0 percent a car, 0.3 percent a refrigerator and 0.1 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 CAOTM MSM
2.406   2.151 1,336   576 495 265
  89.4% 62.1%   43.1% 37.1% 19.8%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Taraco
  • Canton of Santa Rosa de Taraco

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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