Municipio Tinguipaya

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Municipio Tinguipaya
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		27,200 inhabitants (2012 census)
20 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 05-0102
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,351 km²
height 3400  m
Coordinates 19 ° 23 ′  S , 66 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 23 ′  S , 66 ° 0 ′  W
Municipio Tinguipaya (Bolivia)
Municipio Tinguipaya
Municipio Tinguipaya
politics

Department Potosí
province Tomás Frías Province
Central place Tinguipaya
Location of the Municipio Tinguipaya in the Department of Potosí
Location of the Municipio Tinguipaya in the Department of Potosí
climate
Climate diagram Potosí
Climate diagram Potosí

The municipality of Tinguipaya ( Quechua : Tinkipaya ) is a district in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The central place of the district is Tinguipaya .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Tinguipaya is one of four Municipios in the Tomás Frías Province . It borders the province of Chayanta in the north, the province of Cornelio Saavedra in the east, the municipality Potosí in the southeast, the municipality Yocalla in the south, the municipality Urmiri in the southwest , and the department Oruro in the west .

The central place of the municipality is Tinguipaya with 628 inhabitants in the central eastern part of the district, the largest village is Anthura with 1,164 inhabitants. ( 2012 )

geography

The municipality of Tinguipaya is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central .

The mean annual temperature of the region is around 11 ° C (see Potosí climate diagram), the annual precipitation is around 350 mm. The region has a distinctive daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 8 ° C in June / July and 13 ° C from November to March. The monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months May to September and almost 80 mm in January and February.

population

The population of the Municipio Tiraque has almost doubled over the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 14,569 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 21,794 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 27,200 inhabitants (update)

The life expectancy of newborns is 53 years, the literacy rate for those over 15 years of age is only 47 percent, and the proportion of the urban population in the municipality is 0 percent. ( 2001 )

Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Tinguipaya 99.3 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.

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 AOT
9,277   7,958 6,465   3,912 2,553
  85.8% 81.2%   60.5% 39.5%

structure

The municipality is divided into the following two cantons :

  • 05-0102-01 Canton Tinguipaya in the eastern part of the municipality - 173 localities - 21,432 inhabitants ( 2012 )
  • 05-0102-01 Canton Anthura in the western part of the municipality - 75 towns - 5,768 inhabitants

Localities in the municipality of Tinguipaya

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2014 ( Memento of the original of July 22, 2011 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ INE social data Potosí 2001 (PDF; 5.23 MB)
  5. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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