Municipio Tiraque
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21,113 inhabitants (2012 census) 8 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 03-1601 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 2,800 km² | ||
| height | 2000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 26 ′ S , 65 ° 39 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Tiraque Province | ||
| Central place | Tiraque | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tiraque |
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The Municipio Tiraque is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Tiraque is ( since the division in 2009 ) one of two municipalities in the province of Tiraque . It is bordered to the west by the province of Chapare , to the southwest by the province of Punata , to the south by the province of Arani , to the east by the province of Carrasco , and to the northeast by the municipality of Shinahota .
The largest settlement in the center of the municipality is Tiraque with 2,398. ( 2012 census )
geography
The Municipio Tiraque is located in the Cordillera Oriental between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the daily temperature fluctuations are more pronounced than the seasonal temperature differences.
The annual average temperature is 9-10 ° C and fluctuates between 6 ° C in June / July and a good 11 ° C from October to December. The annual precipitation is almost 500 mm, of which more than half fall in the three months of humidity from December to February, while the months of May to September show almost no precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio Tiraque has increased slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 19 270 | census |
| 2001 | 20 772 | census |
| 2012 | 21 113 | census |
The population density in the municipality of Tiraque at the 2012 census was 7.5 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 11.4 percent, and the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 56.6 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 for the still undivided Municipio Tiraque was 74.2 percent, 87.0 percent for men and 60.8 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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| 10,540 | 9.122 | 7.014 | 4,697 | 2,317 | ||
| 86.5% | 76.9% | 67.0% | 33.0% |
structure
The municipality Tiraque was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following two cantons ( cantones ):
- 03-1601-01 Canton Tiraque - 72 villages - 13,562 inhabitants
- 03-1601-03 Canton of Palca - 58 localities - 7,551 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Tiraque
- Canton of Tiraque
- Tiraque 2398 pop - Boquerón Alto 560 pop - Sancayani Bajo 531 pop
- Canton of Palca
- Palca 555 pop.
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio.Tiraque AMDECO ( Spanish )
- Municipio Tiraque - General Maps No. 31601
- Municipio Tiraque - detailed map and population data (PDF; 922 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )