Municipio Tarata
| Municipio Tarata | |||
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 San José Church in Tarata |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
8242 inhabitants (2012 census) 25 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 03-0401 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 334 km² | ||
| height | 2500 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 41 ′ S , 66 ° 3 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Esteban Arce Province | ||
| Central place | Tarata | ||
| mayor | Pedro Hipolito Corrales (2008) | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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The municipality of Tarata is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Tarata is one of four municipalities in the province of Esteban Arce . It borders the province of Capinota to the west, the Department of Potosí to the south, the municipality of Anzaldo to the southeast , the province of Germán Jordán to the east , and the municipality of Arbieto to the north .
The municipality Tarata has an area of 334 km², the central place is Tarata with 3,952 inhabitants in the eastern part of the municipality. (2001)
geography
The municipality of Tarata is located in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba) and fluctuates only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 20 ° C in October / November. The annual precipitation is only around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 90 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio Tarata has changed little in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 8,406 | census |
| 2001 | 8,715 | census |
| 2012 | 8,242 | census |
The population density of the municipality was 24.7 inhabitants / km² at the 2012 census, the proportion of the urban population is 47.9 percent.
The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 61.6 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 72.6 percent, namely 85.1 percent for men and 62.0 percent for women (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 | ||
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| 5.117 | 4,414 | 3,420 | 2,279 | 1,141 | ||
| 86.3% | 77.5% | 66.6% | 33.4% |
structure
The municipality Tarata was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following four cantons ( cantones ):
- 03-0401-01 Canton Tarata - 25 localities - 5,702 inhabitants
- 03-0401-02 Canton Izata - 8 villages - 691 inhabitants
- 03-0401-03 Canton of Huayculi - 6 localities - 1,215 inhabitants
- 03-0401-04 Canton Huasa Rancho - 4 villages - 634 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Tarata
- Canton of Tarata
- Tarata 3952 pop.
- Izata Canton
- Izata 121 pop.
- Huasa Rancho Canton
- Huasa Rancho Pop . 187.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Estadísticas e Indicadores Sociodemográficos Productivos y Financieros por Municipio (INE) 2005
- ^ 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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 Tarata - General Maps No. 30401
- Municipio Tarata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 318 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )