Municipio Uncía
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| Residents (state) | 21,955 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| Post Code | 05-0201 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 4000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 36 ′ S , 66 ° 26 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Rafael Bustillo Province | ||
| Central place | Uncía | ||
 Location of the Municipio Uncía in the Department of Potosí |
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 Climate diagram Uncía |
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The Municipio Uncía is a district in the Potosí Department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Municipio Uncía is one of four ( until June 2009: three ) Municipios in the province of Rafael Bustillo and borders in the north with the Municipio Llallagua , in the northeast with the Municipio Chayanta , in the east with the Municipio Chuquihuta , and in the south and west with the Oruro Department .
geography
The Municipio Uncía is located at the transition from the Oruro highlands to the Potosí Mountains. The municipality is bounded in the north and west by the high mountain ranges of the Cordillera Central . The vegetation is that of the puna , the climate a typical time of day climate , in which the daily temperature fluctuations are greater than the monthly fluctuations.
The mean annual average temperature is 9 ° C, the monthly averages vary between just under 5 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C from November to March (see climate diagram). The annual precipitation is 370 mm and falls mainly in the summer months, the arid period with monthly values of a maximum of 10 mm lasts from April to October.
population
The population of the Municipio Uncía has increased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 18,838 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 18,522 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 21,955 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the Municipio Uncia at the 2001 census was 22.5 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 23 percent, the life expectancy of newborns was 48 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 at the same time was 61 percent, 78 percent for men and 45 percent for women.
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 | MOP | ACU | ||
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| 9,268 | 7,503 | 4,579 | 2.124 | 2,027 | 316 | 112 | ||
| 81.0% | 61.0% | 46.4% | 44.3% | 6.9% | 2.4% |
structure
The municipality is divided into the following two cantons :
Until the separation on June 17, 2009, the municipality also included:
- Canton Chuquihuta (central place: Chuquihuta ) - since then an independent municipality
Localities in the Municipio Uncía
- Canton of Uncía
- Uncía 8902 pop.
- Canton of Cala Cala
- Cala Cala 1674 pop.
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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 Uncía - General Maps No. 50201
- Municipio Uncía - detailed map and population data (PDF; 561 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )