Municipio Yotala

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Municipio Yotala
Puente Méndez on the Río Pilcomayo, which is the border with the Department of Potosí
Puente Méndez on the Río Pilcomayo , which is the border with the Department of Potosí
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		9403 inhabitants (2012 census)
21 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 01-0102
Telephone code (+591)
surface 456 km²
height 2800  m
Coordinates 19 ° 14 ′  S , 65 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 14 ′  S , 65 ° 16 ′  W
Municipio Yotala (Bolivia)
Municipio Yotala
Municipio Yotala
politics

Department Chuquisaca
province Oropeza Province
Central place Yotala
climate
Climate diagram Sucre
Climate diagram Sucre

The Municipio Yotala is a district in the Chuquisaca Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Yotala is one of three municipalities in the province of Oropeza and includes its southern area. It is bordered to the west and southwest by the Department of Potosí , to the east by the province of Yamparáez , and to the north by the municipality of Sucre .

The municipality stretches between about 19 ° 05 'and 19 ° 22' south latitude and 65 ° 08 'and 65 ° 24' west longitude, its extent from west to east is up to 20 kilometers, from north to south up to 25 kilometers .

The municipality comprises 50 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the town of Yotala with 1,522 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northern part of the district.

geography

The municipality of Yotala is located in the central part of the Bolivian Cordillera Central , between the Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. The climate is a cool, moderate mountain climate with a typical time of day climate , in which the temperature differences fluctuate more strongly during the day than during the year.

The annual average temperature in the region is just under 16 ° C (see Sucre climate diagram), the monthly averages fluctuate between just under 14 ° C in June / July and 17 ° C in October / November. The annual precipitation is more than 700 mm and has five arid months from May to September with monthly values ​​below 25 mm, the summer months from December to March have precipitation of 100 to 150 mm each.

population

The population of the Municipio Yotala has remained almost unchanged over the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 9 486 census
2001 9 497 census
2012 9 403 census

The population density at the last census of 2001 was 20.6 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age had increased from 60.3 percent (1992) to 74.4 percent (2001). The life expectancy of newborns was 61.5 years, and infant mortality had fallen from 9.2 percent (1992) to 7.5 percent in 2001.

64.9 percent of the population speak Spanish , 94.2 percent speak Quechua , and 0.4 percent speak Aymara . (2001)

47.0 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 62.4 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

79.7 percent of the 2,204 households have a radio, 25.5 percent a television, 27.6 percent a bicycle, 0.7 percent a motorcycle, 7.0 percent a car, 13.3 percent a refrigerator, and 4.4 percent Percent a phone. (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 NA-C CST
4,050   3,569 2,753   1,876 464 413
  88.1% 77.1%   68.1% 16.9% 15.0%

structure

The municipality Yotala consisted in the census 2012 of the following four cantons ( cantones ):

  • 01-0102-01 Canton Yotala - 29 municipalities - 6,886 inhabitants ( 2001 : 6,644 inhabitants)
  • 01-0102-02 Canton of Huayllas - 9 municipalities - 1,092 inhabitants ( 2001 : 1,462 inhabitants)
  • 01-0102-03 Canton of Tuero - 10 municipalities - 1,108 inhabitants ( 2001 : 1,043 inhabitants)
  • 01-0102-04 Canton Pulqui - 1 municipality - 317 inhabitants ( 2001 : 348 inhabitants)

Localities in the municipality of Yotala

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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