Municipio Totora (Cochabamba)
| Municipio Totora | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data
|
|||
| Population (state) - population density |
14,618 people (2012 census) 8 people / km² |
||
| Post Code | 03-1201 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 1,914 km² | ||
| height | 2800 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 42 ′ S , 65 ° 11 ′ W | ||
|
|||
| politics
|
|||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Carrasco Province | ||
| Central place | Totora | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Totora |
|||
The Municipio Totora is a district in the Department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Totora is one of six municipalities in the province of Carrasco . It borders the province of Tiraque in the northwest , the municipality Pocona in the west, the province Narciso Campero in the south, the municipality Pojo in the east , and the municipality Chimoré in the north .
The central place of the municipality is Totora with 1,925 inhabitants in the southern part of the municipality. ( 2012 census )
geography
The Municipio Totora lies between the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The climate is characterized by year-round moderate temperatures and low rainfall (see climate diagram).
The average annual temperature in the region is around 14 ° C, the warmest month is November with an average of 16 ° C, and the coldest months are June and July with around 11 ° C. The annual precipitation is almost 600 mm, from May to September there is a dry season with precipitation below 15 mm, the wettest months on a long-term average are the months December to February with 100 to 125 mm.
population
The population of the Municipio Totora has changed little in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 13,995 | census |
| 2001 | 12,961 | census |
| 2012 | 14,618 | census |
The population density of the municipality is 7.6 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0.0 percent. ( 2012 census )
The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 58.5 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 64.5 percent, 79.1 percent for men and 49.3 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,729 | 5,961 | 4,416 | 3,604 | 812 | ||
| 88.6% | 74.1% | 81.6% | 18.4% |
structure
The municipality of Totora was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following four cantons ( cantones ):
- 03-1201-01 Canton Totora - 74 villages - 10,323 inhabitants
- 03-1201-02 Canton Tiraque "C" - 26 localities - 2,967 inhabitants
- 03-1201-03 Arepucho canton - 8 towns - 633 inhabitants
- 03-1201-04 Canton Icuna - 6 localities - 695 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Totora
- Canton of Totora
- Totora 1925 pop.
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio.Totora August 8, 2011 ( Spanish )
- Municipio Totora - General Maps No. 31201
- Municipio Totora - detailed map and population data (PDF; 871 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )