Municipio Villazón
| Municipio Villazón | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
44,645 inhabitants (2012 census) 17 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 05-1501 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 2,558 km² | ||
| height | 3500 m | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 52 ′ S , 65 ° 36 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Modesto Omiste Province | ||
| Central place | Villazón | ||
 Location of the Municipio Villazón in the Department of Potosí |
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| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Villazón |
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The Municipio Villazón is a district in the Department of Potosí in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Villazón is the only municipality in the province of Modesto Omiste . It lies between 21 ° 39 'and 22 ° 06' south latitude and between 65 ° 10 'and 66 ° 08' west longitude . It borders the province of Sur Chichas to the north, the Tarija department to the east , and the Republic of Argentina to the south and southwest . The municipality extends over about 120 kilometers in an east-west direction and 65 kilometers in a north-south direction. The capital of the municipality is Villazón with 28,045 inhabitants.
geography
Villazón is located in the southern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see Villazón climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between a good 5 ° C in June / July and a good 14 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is only about 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 70-90 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio Villazón has increased by half in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 31,737 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 36,266 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 44,645 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality was 17.5 inhabitants / km² at the 2012 census , the proportion of the urban population is 79 percent. 18 percent of the population work in agriculture, 11 percent in industry, 71 percent in services. ( 2001 )
The proportion of the population aged under 15 is 45.3 percent. The literacy rate for those over 19 is 81 percent, 93 percent for men and 72 percent for women. The most important idiom with a share of 97 percent is Spanish , 44 percent of the population speak Quechua . 84 percent of the population are Catholic, 11 percent Protestant.
The life expectancy of newborns is 63 years. 44 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 54 percent live without sanitary facilities.
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 | FCRP | ACU | MSM | AS | MNR | ||
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| 23,349 | 17,978 | 12,714 | 6,273 | 2,025 | 1,867 | 1,329 | 798 | 422 | ||
| 77.0% | 70.7% | 49.3% | 15.9% | 14.7% | 10.5% | 6.3% | 3.3% |
structure
The municipality is divided into the following cantons (Cantónes):
- 05-1501-01 Canton of Villazón - 23 towns - 39,429 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
- 05-1501-02 Canton of Moraya - 9 localities - 646 inhabitants
- 05-1501-03 Canton Berque - 2 villages - 112 inhabitants
- 05-1501-04 Canton Casira - 2 villages - 560 inhabitants
- 05-1501-05 Canton Chagua - 7 localities - 497 inhabitants
- 05-1501-06 Canton Chipihuayco - 2 villages - 574 inhabitants
- 05-1501-07 Canton Mojo - 1 localities - 117 inhabitants
- 05-1501-08 Canton of San Pedro de Sococha - 3 localities - 501 inhabitants
- 05-1501-09 Canton Sarcari - 1 village - 95 inhabitants
- 05-1501-10 Canton Sococha - 2 villages - 462 inhabitants
- 05-1501-11 Canton Salitre - 2 towns - 175 inhabitants
- 05-1501-12 Canton Sagnasti - 6 localities - 589 inhabitants
- 05-1501-13 Canton Yuruma - 2 localities - 888 inhabitants
Localities in the Municipio Villazón
- Canton of Villazón
- Villazón 35,167 pop - Matancillas 801 pop - Mojo 253 pop - Cuartos 188 pop.
- Moraya Canton
- Moraya Pop. 187.
- Canton of Casira
- Casira Grande 358 pop .
- Chipihuayco Canton
- Chipihuayco 506 pop .
- San Pedro de Sococha Canton
- Higueras 341 pop.
- Sococha Canton
- Sococha 192 pop.
- Yuruma Canton
- Yuruma 684 pop.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (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 Villazón - General Maps No. 51501
- Municipio Villazón - detailed map and population data (PDF; 628 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )