Municipio Waldo Ballivián

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Municipio Waldo Ballivián
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		5069 inhabitants (2012 census)
42 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0306
Telephone code (+591)
surface 122 km²
height 4000  m
Coordinates 17 ° 5 ′  S , 68 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 5 ′  S , 68 ° 10 ′  W
Municipio Waldo Ballivián (Bolivia)
Municipio Waldo Ballivián
Municipio Waldo Ballivián
politics

Department La Paz
province Pacajes Province
Central place Tumarapi
climate
Climate diagram Comanche
Climate diagram Comanche

The Municipio Waldo Ballivián is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Waldo Ballivián is one of eight municipalities in the province of Pacajes and is located in the northeastern part of the province. It borders the Municipio Coro Coro to the west and south , and the Province of Aroma to the east and north .

The municipality comprises six localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Tumarapi with 2,026 inhabitants in the northeast part of the municipality. ( 2012 )

geography

The municipality Waldo Ballivián is located at an average altitude of 4000  m south of Lake Titicaca between the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central in the Andean dry climate of the Altiplano.The region has a pronounced daytime climate, in which the average temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than in the course of the seasons.

The mean annual temperature is 7 ° C, the monthly values ​​fluctuate only marginally between 4 ° C in July and 8.5 ° C in December (see Comanche climate diagram). The average annual precipitation is about 560 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months May to August and just over 100 mm in January and February.

population

The population of the municipality Waldo Ballivián has increased several times over, especially in the past decade:

year Residents source
1992 1 336 census
2001 1,657 census
2012 5 069 census

The municipality has an area of ​​122 km² and a population density of 41.5 inhabitants / km² ( 2012 census ). The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 55.5 years, and infant mortality rose from 8.9 percent ( 1992 ) to 9.2 percent in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 87.9 percent, 96.1 percent for men and 79.7 percent for women. ( 2001 )

80.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 95.9 percent speak Aymara , and 0.1 percent speak Quechua . ( 2001 )

97.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 86.2 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

62.2 percent of a total of 558 households have a radio, 3.0 percent a television, 44.3 percent a bicycle, 0.5 percent a motorcycle, 1.1 percent a car, 0 percent a refrigerator and 0 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
822   738 211   211
  89.8% 28.6%   100.0%

structure

The municipality is not in cantons ( cantones ) divided and included in the census of 2012, the following localities:

Localities in the municipality of Waldo Ballivián

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 ( 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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