Municipio Villa Alcalá
| Municipio Villa Alcalá | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
4902 inhabitants (2012 census) 16 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 01-0404 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 314 km² | ||
| height | 2200 m | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 27 ′ S , 64 ° 22 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Tomina Province | ||
| Central place | Alcalá | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Padilla |
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The Municipio Villa Alcalá is a district in the Chuquisaca Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Villa Alcalá is one of five municipalities in the Tomina province and is located in the central part of the province. It is bordered by the Municipio Tomina to the northwest , the Municipio Sopachuy to the west, the Municipio El Villar to the south , and the Municipio Padilla to the east .
The municipality has 68 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Alcalá with 1,562 inhabitants in 2012.
geography
The municipality of Villa Alcalá is located at the transition from the Altiplano bounded by the Cordillera Central to the Bolivian lowlands of the Gran Chaco , around 250 kilometers as the crow flies east of Lake Poopó .
The mean average temperature of the region is around 18 ° C, the annual precipitation is around 600 mm. The region does not show a pronounced temperature profile, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only insignificantly between almost 15 ° C in June and July and 20 ° C from November to January. The monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm from May to August and over 100 mm from December to February.
population
The population of the Municipio Villa Alcalá has increased by around a third over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 3,660 | census |
| 2001 | 4 034 | census |
| 2012 | 4 902 | census |
The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.0 years, and infant mortality fell from 10.2 percent (1992) to 6.8 percent in 2001.
The population density of the Municipio Villa Alcalá was at the last census of 2012 at 15.6 inhabitants per km², the literacy rate for those over 6 years old is 70.2 percent. (2001)
95.4 percent of the population speak Spanish , 34.7 percent speak Quechua , and 0.1 percent speak Aymara . (2001)
81.4 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 83.6 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
64.9 percent of the 727 households have a radio, 8.0 percent a television, 18.4 percent a bicycle, 1.0 percent a motorcycle, 1.8 percent a car, 5.4 percent a refrigerator, 0.3 percent a telephone. (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 | MMP | LIDER | ||
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| 1,219 | 1,097 | 928 | 452 | 386 | 90 | ||
| 90.0% | 84.6% | 48.7% | 41.6% | 9.7% |
structure
The municipality consists of only one canton ( cantón ) and is divided into the following 16 sub- cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Vicecantón Alcalá - 838 inhabitants (2001)
- Vicecantón Garsas - 146 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Hoya da Chica - 125 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Huasa Pampa - 139 inhabitants
- Vicecantón K'Aspicancha - 184 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Lima Bamba Alto - 255 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Lima Bamba Bajo - 166 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Lima Bamba Centro - 459 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Matela Alta - 201 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Mosoj Llajta - 219 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Naranjos - 177 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Poma Bambillo - 139 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Salazar Pampa - 121 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Tipas - 308 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Villca Villca - 171 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Wanca Pampa - 386 inhabitants
Locations in the Municipio Villa Alcalá
- Alcalá 1562 pop - Lima Bamba Centro 566 pop
Individual evidence
- ↑ GEO ReiseCommunity climate diagram Padilla
- ^ 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 Villa Alcalá - General Maps No. 10404
- Municipio Villa Alcalá - detailed map and population data (PDF; 331 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )