Municipio Yunchará
Municipio Yunchará | ||
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Basic data
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Population (state) - population density |
5490 inhabitants (2012 census) 3 inhabitants / km² |
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Post Code | 06-0402 | |
Telephone code | (+571) | |
surface | 1,827 km² | |
height | 3750 m | |
Coordinates | 21 ° 47 ′ S , 65 ° 10 ′ W | |
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politics
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Department | Tarija | |
province | José María Avilés Province | |
Central place | Yunchará | |
climate | ||
Climate diagram Yunchará |
The Municipio Yunchará is a district in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Yunchará is the western of the two municipalities of the province of José María Avilés . It borders the province of Eustaquio Méndez to the north, the Department of Potosí to the west, the Republic of Argentina to the south, the province of Aniceto Arce to the southeast , the municipality of Uriondo to the east, and the province of Cercado to the northeast .
geography
The municipality of Yunchará is located in the southeastern 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 and fluctuates only slightly between a good 6 ° C in June / July and a good 14 ° C from November to March (see Yunchará climate diagram). The annual precipitation is just under 400 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 15 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 80 to 95 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio Yunchará has increased only marginally in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 5,036 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 5,173 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 5,490 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 3.0 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 55.6 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 was 60 percent, namely 80 percent for men and 44 percent 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 | CC | BI-CO | ||
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2,310 | 2,049 | 1,471 | 898 | 388 | 185 | ||
88.7% | 71.8% | 61.0% | 26.4% | 12.6% |
structure
The municipality is divided into the following twelve cantons ( cantones ):
- 06-0402-01 Canton Yunchará - 19 localities - 681 inhabitants ( 2012 )
- 06-0402-02 Canton Arteza - 1 village - 108 inhabitants
- 06-0402-03 Canton Belén - 4 localities - 321 inhabitants
- 06-0402-04 Canton of Buena Vista - 5 localities - 69 inhabitants
- 06-0402-05 Canton of Copacabana - 8 towns - 498 inhabitants
- 06-0402-06 Canton Churquis - 12 localities - 182 inhabitants
- 06-0402-07 Canton Ñoquera - 5 localities - 389 inhabitants
- 06-0402-08 Canton Palqui - 8 towns - 492 inhabitants
- 06-0402-09 Canton Quebrada Honda - 12 localities - 663 inhabitants
- 06-0402-10 Canton Santa Cruz de Azloca - 1 village - 63 inhabitants
- 06-0402-11 Canton of San Pedro - 2 towns - 218 inhabitants
- 06-0402-12 Canton Tojo - 5 localities - 327 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Yunchará
- Yunchará canton
- Yunchará 354 pop.
- Belén Canton
- Belén 97 pop.
- Canton of Buena Vista
- Buena Vista 69 pop.
- Copacabana Canton
- Pasajes 76 pop - Copacabana 49 pop
- Canton of Palqui
- San Luis de Palqui 133 pop .
- Canton of Quebrada Honda
- Quebrada Honda 134 pop.
- Santa Cruz de Azloca Canton
- Santa Cruz de Azloca 63 pop .
- San Pedro Canton
- San Pedro 154 pop.
- Canton Tojo
- Tojo 151 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 Yunchará - General Maps No. 60402
- Municipio Yunchará - detailed map and population data (PDF; 400 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )