Municipio Tarija

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Municipio Tarija
Tajzara dunes
Tajzara dunes
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		205,346 inhabitants (2012 census)
100 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 06-0101
Telephone code (+591)
surface 2,047 km²
Coordinates 21 ° 33 ′  S , 64 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 33 ′  S , 64 ° 32 ′  W
Municipio Tarija (Bolivia)
Municipio Tarija
Municipio Tarija
politics

Department Tarija
province Province of Cercado
Central place Tarija
Plaza in Tarija
Plaza in Tarija
climate
Climate diagram Tarija
Climate diagram Tarija

The Municipio Tarija is a district in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Tarija is the only municipality in the province of Cercado . It borders the province of Eustaquio Méndez in the northwest, the province of José María Avilés in the southwest , the province of Aniceto Arce in the south , and the province of Burnet O'Connor in the east .

geography

Tarija is conveniently located between the country's different climate zones, on the edge of the Andes at around 1,900 m above sea level. NN., So that mostly mild and pleasant weather prevails. In the rainy season between December and February (summer months) there are frequent torrential thunderstorms. The rest of the year has very little rainfall (see Tarija climate diagram).

The landscape has been eroded by the centuries of clearing and the city is framed by a bare mountain range. The area around Tarija used to be Bolivia's grain chamber. Today the region is particularly rich in natural gas .

population

The population of the Municipio Tarija has almost doubled in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 108,241 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 153,457 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 205,346 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality is 100 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 87.4 percent ( 2012 ).

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 70.1 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 89 percent, 95 percent for men and 83 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 UNIR MAS-IPSP BI-CO CC CD RENACER VAMOS PDC
123.726   106.403 89,711   43,402 23,230 10,615 9,027 1,657 1,013 767
  86.0% 84.3%   48.4% 25.9% 11.8% 10.1% 1.8% 1.1% 0.9%

Districts

The municipality has an area of ​​2,047 km² and is divided into the following cantons :

Localities in the municipality of Tarija

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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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