Municipio Villa Tunari

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Municipio Villa Tunari
View of Villa Tunari and the Río Chapare
View of Villa Tunari and the Río Chapare
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		71,146 inhabitants (2012 census)
6 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03-1003
Telephone code (+591)
surface 11,095 km²
height 250  m
Coordinates 16 ° 50 ′  S , 65 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 50 ′  S , 65 ° 40 ′  W
Municipio Villa Tunari (Bolivia)
Municipio Villa Tunari
Municipio Villa Tunari
politics

Department Cochabamba
province Chapare Province
Central place Villa Tunari
climate
Climate diagram Villa Tunari
Climate diagram Villa Tunari

The municipality of Villa Tunari is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Villa Tunari is one of three municipalities in the province of Chapare . It borders the province of Ayopaya in the northwest , the province of Quillacollo in the southwest , the municipality Sacaba and the municipality Colomi in the south, the province Tiraque in the southeast , the province Carrasco in the east , and the department Beni in the north .

The central place of the municipality is Villa Tunari with 3,210 inhabitants on the eastern edge of the municipality. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of Villa Tunari is located in the Bolivian lowlands on the northern edge of the Cordillera Oriental . The climate is tropical with a pronounced time of day climate . The long-term average annual temperature is almost 27 ° C, the monthly temperatures are between a good 23 ° C in July and just under 29 ° C in December and January.

The annual precipitation of 2,300 mm shows a clear rainy season from October to April, with monthly precipitation between 160 and 380 mm.

population

The population of the Municipio Villa Tunari has increased by almost half in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 48.111 census
2001 53,996 census
2012 71,146 census

The population density of the municipality was 6.4 inhabitants / km² at the last census of 2012, the proportion of the urban population is 9.2%.

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 57.4 years.

The literacy rate among those over the age of 19 is 78.3%, namely 87.2% for men and 65.1% for women (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
32,411   29,242 24,714   24,714
  90.2% 84.5%   100.0%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Villa Tunari

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
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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