Franz Tamayo Province

Franz Tamayo Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz
Seat	Apolo
surface	15,900 km²
Residents	26,997 (2012)
density	1.7 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-L
Madidi National Park in Tamayo Province

Coordinates: 16 ° 0 ′  S , 67 ° 5 ′  W

Franz Tamayo is one of twenty provinces of the Bolivian department of La Paz and is located in the northern part of the department. The province bears its current name in honor of Franz Tamayo Solares (1878–1956), a Bolivian poet, philosopher and politician. Originally this region belonged to the province of Caupolicán , which was founded by Simón Bolívar by decree of January 23, 1826 and which included today's province of Franz Tamayo, the province of Abel Iturralde , the department of Pando and neighboring regions in Brazil and Peru.

location

The province is located on the northeastern slopes of the Bolivian Cordillera Real and borders in the north with the province of Abel Iturralde , in the west with the Republic of Peru , in the south with the province of Bautista Saavedra and the province of Larecaja , in the southwest with the province Sud Yungas , and in the East to the Beni department .

The province extends between about 13 ° 53 'and 15 ° 17' south latitude and 67 ° 25 'and 69 ° 27' west longitude, it measures 140 kilometers from north to south, and up to 200 kilometers from west to east.

population

The population of the province of Franz Tamayo has increased by about half in the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	17 619	census
2001	18 386	census
2012	26 997	census

The province's literacy rate is 77.7 percent, with 84.2 percent for men and 70.3 percent for women.

The infant mortality rate is 9.1 percent ( 1992 ) to 6.8 percent ( 2001 declined).

65.7 percent of the population speak Spanish , 74.9 percent speak Quechua , and 11.3 percent speak Aymara . ( 2001 )

97.1 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 81.9 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

61.5 percent of households own a radio, 6.6 percent a television, 28.8 percent a bicycle, 2.6 percent a motorcycle, 2.0 percent a car, 1.3 percent a refrigerator, and 0.1 percent a phone. ( 2001 )

86.9 percent of the population are Catholic , 11.2 percent are Protestant . ( 1992 )

structure

In the last census of 2012, the province of Franz Tamayo was divided into the following two municipalities :

• 02-0701 Municipio Apolo - 20,217 inhabitants
• 02-0702 Municipio Pelechuco - 6,780 inhabitants

Locations in the province of Franz Tamayo

• Municipio Apolo
  • Apolo 6376 pop - Tupili 647 pop - Raviana 368 pop - Aten 351 pop - Pata 258 pop - Mojos 66 pop

• Municipio Pelechuco
  • Pelechuco pop 981 - San Antonio pop 543 - Hilo Hilo pop 479 - Puyo Puyo pop 400

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. 

Web links

• La Paz Department - Social data (PDF 11.91 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Apolo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.18 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Pelechuco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 839 kB) ( Spanish )