Municipio Tipuani

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Municipio Tipuani
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		9985 inhabitants (2012 census)
36 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0606
Telephone code (+591)
surface 276 km²
height 1000  m
Coordinates 15 ° 36 ′  S , 68 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 36 ′  S , 68 ° 3 ′  W
Municipio Tipuani (Bolivia)
Municipio Tipuani
Municipio Tipuani
politics

Department La Paz
province Larecaja Province
Central place Tipuani
climate
Climate diagram Mapiri
Climate diagram Mapiri

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

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Tipuani is one of eight municipalities in the Larecaja province and is located in the central part of the province. It is bordered by the Municipio Mapiri to the northwest , the Municipio Sorata to the west , and the Municipio Guanay to the south and east .

The municipality measures about 15 kilometers in north-south direction and 25 kilometers in east-west direction. The municipality has 27 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the rural town Tipuani with 2,456 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the eastern part of the district, other important localities are Chima with 1,576 inhabitants and Chuquini with 1,209 inhabitants.

geography

The municipality of Tipuani is located northeast of Lake Titicaca on the eastern edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Real .

The mean average temperature of the region is around 24 ° C, the annual precipitation is around 1400 mm (see Mapiri climate diagram). The region has no pronounced temperature profile, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only insignificantly between 21 ° C in June and July and 26 ° C from November to January, and the day and night temperatures also show only slight fluctuations. The monthly precipitation is between under 50 mm in the months of June and July and about 200 mm from December to February.

population

The population of the Municipio Tipuani has decreased by about a third in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 13 708 census
2001 9 321 census
2012 9,985 census

The municipality had a population density of 36.2 inhabitants / km² in the last census of 2012 , the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 57.8 years, the infant mortality rate was 10.1 percent (1992) to 8.3 percent in 2001 declined, the literacy rate among the over 6 year olds was 91.5 percent.

97.7 percent of the population speak Spanish , 28.8 percent speak Aymara , and 15.5 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

37.1 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 62.8 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

63.6 percent of 2,776 households own a radio, 48.0 percent a television, 11.1 percent a bicycle, 0.9 percent a motorcycle, 3.3 percent a car, 18.7 percent a refrigerator, 0.7 percent a telephone. (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 FPV MPS
4,074   3,181 1,838   900 528 410
  78.1% 57.8%   49% 28.7% 22.3%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Tipuani

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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