Municipio Viacha
| Municipio Viacha | |||
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 Ferrobus in Viacha 1981 |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
80,388 inhabitants (2012 census) 95 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 02-0801 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 845 km² | ||
| height | 3900 m | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 45 ′ S , 68 ° 20 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Ingavi Province | ||
| Central place | Viacha | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Viacha |
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The municipality Viacha is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality Viacha is one of seven municipalities in the province of Ingavi and is located in the eastern part of the province. It borders the province of Los Andes and the Municipio Taraco to the north and northwest , the Municipio Jesús de Machaca and the Province of Pacajes to the southwest , the Province of Aroma to the southeast , and the Province of Murillo to the east .
The municipality has 69 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Viacha with 62,516 inhabitants in the northern part of the municipality. Other notable places in the municipality besides Viacha are Chicasaya with 1,105 inhabitants, Chonchocoro with 1,102 inhabitants, Mazo Cruz with 877 inhabitants, Hichuraya Grande with 740 inhabitants and Villa Remedios with 589 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )
geography
The municipality Viacha is located at an average altitude of 3900 m southeast of Lake Titicaca on the Bolivian Altiplano 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 9 ° C, the annual precipitation is 500–600 mm (see Viacha climate diagram). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 7 ° C in July and 11 ° C in December. the monthly precipitation is between less than 10 mm in the months of June and July and close to 100 mm from December to February.
population
The municipality has an area of 845 km² and a population density of 95 inhabitants / km² (2012 census) .
As a result of the constant growth of the La Paz / El Alto area , the number of inhabitants of the Municipio Viacha has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 36 412 | census |
| 2001 | 46 596 | census |
| 2012 | 80 388 | census |
The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.8 years, and infant mortality fell from 7.6 percent (1992) to 5.7 percent in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 83.4 percent, 94.3 percent for men and 73.3 percent for women (2001) .
87.1 percent of the population speak Spanish , 70.8 percent speak Aymara , and 1.3 percent speak Quechua . (2001)
47.3 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 48.6 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
73.8 percent of the total of 12,793 households have a radio, 41.9 percent a television, 42.7 percent a bicycle, 0.7 percent a motorcycle, 5.8 percent a car, 6.6 percent a refrigerator, and 9, 5 percent a 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 | MAS-IPSP | U.N. | MSM | MPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33,762 | 29,926 | 18,959 | 10,251 | 3,197 | 3,032 | 2,479 | ||
| 88.6% | 63.4% | 54.1% | 16.9% | 16.0% | 13.1% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following six cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-0801-01 Canton Viacha - 58 municipalities - 76,325 inhabitants
- 02-0801-05 Canton Villa Remedios - 4 municipalities - 1,504 inhabitants
- 02-0801-09 Canton of Villa Santiago de Chacoma - 3 municipalities - 578 inhabitants
- 02-0801-12 Canton Irpuma Irpa Grande - 1 municipality - 457 inhabitants
- 02-0801-16 Ichuraya Grande Canton - 1 municipality - 740 inhabitants
- 02-0801-24 Canton Chacoma Irpa Grande - 2 municipalities - 784 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Viacha
- Viacha Canton
- Viacha 62,516 pop - Achica Arriba 1105 pop - Chonchocoro 1102 pop - Mazo Cruz 877 pop - Achica Baja 652 pop
- Canton Villa Remedios
- Villa Remedios 589 pop.
- Ichuraya Grande Canton
- Hichuraya Grande 740 pop.
- Canton of Chacoma Irpa Grande
- Chacoma Irpa Grande 438 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 Viacha - General Maps No. 20801
- Municipio Viacha - detailed map and population data (PDF; 630 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )