Municipio of Uyuni

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Municipio of Uyuni
Locomotive cemetery near Uyuni
Locomotive cemetery near Uyuni
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		29,518 inhabitants (2012 census)
4 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 05-1201
Telephone code (+591)
surface 7,895 km²
height 3650  m
Coordinates 20 ° 3 ′  S , 66 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 20 ° 3 ′  S , 66 ° 56 ′  W
Municipio Uyuni (Bolivia)
Municipio of Uyuni
Municipio of Uyuni
politics

Department Potosí
province Antonio Quijarro Province
Central place Uyuni
Location of the Municipio Uyuni in the Department of Potosí
Location of the Municipio Uyuni
in the Department of Potosí
climate
Climate diagram Uyuni
Climate diagram Uyuni
Main street of Uyuni

The Municipio Uyuni (also: Thola Pampa ) is a district in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Uyuni is one of three municipalities in the Antonio Quijarro province . It is bordered to the north by the Oruro Department , on the west by the province of Nor Lípez , on the south by the province Sur Chichas , in the southeast of the province of Nor Chichas , on the east by the Tomave Municipality , and on the northeast by the Tomás Frías Province .

The central place of the district is the city of Uyuni with 18,068 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the southwestern part of the municipality.

geography

The municipality of Uyuni extends in a north-south direction over a length of 220 kilometers between the salt lake Salar de Uyuni in the west and the ridge of the Cordillera de Chichas in the east. The average width of the municipality is 30 to 50 kilometers.

The climate in the great salt steppe, the "Gran Pampa Salada", is a typical daytime climate in which the temperature differences between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons. The annual average temperature of the region is 9 ° C (see climate diagram), the monthly values ​​fluctuate between 5 ° C in June / July and a good 11 ° C in the summer months from November to March.

The annual precipitation barely reaches 150 mm, and while there is almost no precipitation for eight months, even the summer precipitation with monthly values ​​between 20 and 50 mm is hardly sufficient for any significant plant growth.

population

The population of the Municipio Uyuni has increased by half in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 19,648 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 18,705 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 29,518 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality is 3.7 inhabitants / km² ( 2012 census ), the proportion of the urban population is 61 percent. The life expectancy of newborns is 62 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 84 percent, 94 percent for men and 76 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 AS ACU MSM PCS MNR
13,036   10,286 7,034   3,456 1,820 578 550 451 179
  78.9% 68.4%   49.1% 25.9% 8.2% 7.8% 6.4% 2.5%

structure

In the last census of 2012, the municipality was divided into the following cantons (cantónes):

Localities in the municipality of Uyuni

  • Canton of Coroma

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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