Municipio Tiquipaya
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53,668 inhabitants (2012 census) 29 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 03-0903 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 1,866 km² | ||
| height | 2700 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 12 ′ S , 66 ° 13 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Quillacollo Province | ||
| Central place | Tiquipaya | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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The municipality Tiquipaya is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality Tiquipaya is one of five municipalities in the province of Quillacollo . It borders the municipality of Quillacollo to the west, the municipality of Colcapirhua to the south, the province of Cercado to the southeast , and the province of Chapare to the east and north . The municipality extends between 16º30´00 ”and 17º18´25” latitude south and 65º49´21 ”and 66º17´59” west longitude.
The central place of the municipality is Tiquipaya with 49,237 inhabitants in the southern part of the municipality. ( 2012 census )
geography
The municipality of Tiquipaya is located in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands. The climate in the plateau of Cochabamba is a subtropical mountain climate, which is characterized more by fluctuations in precipitation than by temperature differences over the course of the year .
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 Tiquipaya has increased several times over in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 13,371 | census |
| 2001 | 37,791 | census |
| 2012 | 53,668 | census |
The population density of the municipality at the 2012 census was 156.5 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 91.7 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 65.6 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 was 89.0 percent, namely 95.6 percent for men and 83.1 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 | SIXT. | MSM | UN- CP | ||
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| 27,843 | 24,159 | 18,843 | 9,169 | 6,069 | 2,487 | 1,118 | ||
| 86.8% | 78.0% | 48.7% | 32.2% | 13.2% | 5.9% |
structure
The municipality is not further subdivided into cantons and consists only of the Cantón Tiquipaya.
Localities in the municipality of Tiquipaya
- Canton Tiquipaya
- Tiquipaya 49,237 pop - Chapisirca 562 pop
Individual evidence
- ↑ Plan INTI Tiquipaya, page 25 2007/2011 ( Spanish )
- ^ 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 Tiquipaya - General Maps No. 30903
- Municipio Tiquipaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 377 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )
- Plan INTI Tiquipaya 2007/2011 ( Spanish )