Municipio Yunchará

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Municipio Yunchará
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		5490 inhabitants (2012 census)
3 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 06-0402
Telephone code (+571)
surface 1,827 km²
height 3750  m
Coordinates 21 ° 47 ′  S , 65 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 47 ′  S , 65 ° 10 ′  W
Municipio Yunchará (Bolivia)
Municipio Yunchará
Municipio Yunchará
politics

Department Tarija
province José María Avilés Province
Central place Yunchará
climate
Climate diagram Yunchará
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
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 ):

Localities in the municipality of Yunchará

  • Canton Tojo

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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