Municipio Umala

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Municipio Umala
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		8775 inhabitants (2012 census)
10 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1302
Telephone code (+591)
surface 849 km²
height 3800  m
Coordinates 17 ° 22 ′  S , 68 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 22 ′  S , 68 ° 1 ′  W
Municipio Umala (Bolivia)
Municipio Umala
Municipio Umala
politics

Department La Paz
province Provincial flavor
Central place Umala
climate
Climate diagram Patacamaya
Climate diagram Patacamaya

The municipality Umala is a district in the department of La Paz in the South American Andes -State Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Umala is one of seven municipalities in the province of Aroma and is located in the southwestern part of the province. It borders the province of Pacajes to the west, the province of Gualberto Villarroel to the south, the municipality of Sica Sica to the east , and the municipality of Patacamaya to the north .

The municipality has 81 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Umala with 143 inhabitants in the central part of the municipality ( 2012 census ). The only other larger town in the municipality is Cañaviri with 605 inhabitants ( 2012 census ).

geography

The Municipio Umala is located on the Bolivian plateau between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.

The mean average temperature of the region is around 7 ° C, the annual precipitation is 460 mm (see climate diagram Patacamaya). The region has a distinctive daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 4 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C in November / December, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm from May to August and 110 mm in January.

population

The municipality has an area of ​​849 km² and had a population density of 10.3 inhabitants / km² at the last census in 2012 .

The municipality's population has increased by more than a third in the past two decades, but has declined between the last two censuses:

year Residents source
1992 6 605 census
2001 9 583 census
2012 8 775 census

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 61.0 years, and infant mortality increased slightly from 6.2 percent (1992) to 6.9 percent in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 87.7 percent, namely 95.3 percent for men and 79.4 percent for women (2001) .

79.7 percent of the population speak Spanish , 91.0 percent speak Aymara , and 0.7 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

83.1 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 61.2 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

71.9 percent of households have a radio, 14.4 percent a television, 43.4 percent a bicycle, 1.0 percent a motorcycle, 4.6 percent a car, 0.5 percent a refrigerator, 1.7 percent one Phone. (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 NOS MAS-IPSP ASP
4.043   3,624 2,246   1,174 713 359
  89.6% 62.0%   52.3% 31.7% 16.0%

structure

The municipality was divided at the last census of 2012 in the following nine cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the municipality of Umala

  • Umala canton

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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