Municipio Yanacachi

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Municipio Yanacachi
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		6302 inhabitants (2012 census)
11 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1103
Telephone code (+591)
surface 572 km²
height 2000  m
Coordinates 16 ° 27 ′  S , 67 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 27 ′  S , 67 ° 47 ′  W
Municipio Yanacachi (Bolivia)
Municipio Yanacachi
Municipio Yanacachi
politics

Department La Paz
province South Yungas Province
Central place Yanacachi
climate
Coroico climate diagram
Coroico climate diagram

The municipality Yanacachi is a district in the department of La Paz in the South American Andean country Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Yanacachi is one of five Municipios of the Sud Yungas Province and is located in the southwestern part of the province. It borders the province of Nor Yungas to the north, the province of Murillo to the west, the municipality of Irupana to the south , and the municipality of Chulumani to the east .

The municipality has 40 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Yanacachi with 314 inhabitants in the northern part of the municipality. The largest town in the municipality is the La Chojlla mining settlement with 1,573 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of Yanacachi is located in the Bolivian Yungas at an average altitude of 2000  m on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Real . The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with the mean temperature fluctuation during the day being more pronounced than during the seasons.

The annual precipitation here in the subtropical Yungas is 1100 mm (see Coroico climate diagram) and has a clear dry season from May to August and a rainy season from December to February. The monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 20 ° C and 25 ° C, during the day it is warm in summer and pleasantly cool at night.

population

The municipality has an area of ​​572 km² and a population density of 11 inhabitants / km².

The population of the Municipio Yanacachi has increased by about half in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 4,059 census
2001 4250 census
2012 6 302 census

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.7 years, and infant mortality fell from 6.9% (1992) to 6.2% in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 86.6%, 91.5% for men and 80.1% for women (2001) .

92.6% of the population speak Spanish , 54.8% speak Aymara , and 2.9% speak Quechua . (2001)

40.5% of the population have no access to electricity , 49.5% live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

84.1% of 1,188 households own a radio, 30.1% a television, 11.4% a bicycle, 1.0% a motorcycle, 4.4% a car, 18.8% a refrigerator, 2.4% 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 MYP MSM
2,310   2,025 1,466   752 365 349
  87.7% 72.4%   51.3% 24.9% 23.8%

structure

The municipality was subdivided in the census of 2012 in the following two cantons ( cantones ):

  • 02-1103-01 Canton Yanacachi - 21 villages with 4,402 inhabitants ( 2001 : 2,856 inhabitants)
  • 02-1103-02 Canton Villa Aspiazu - 19 villages with 1,900 inhabitants ( 2001 : 1,394 inhabitants)

Localities in the municipality of Yanacachi

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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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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