Muñecas Province

Muñecas Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz
Seat	Chuma
surface	4965 km²
Residents	25,193 (2012)
density	5.1 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-L

Coordinates: 15 ° 30 ′  S , 68 ° 50 ′  W

Muñecas is one of twenty provinces in the Bolivian department of La Paz and is located in the western part of the department.

Surname

The province bears the name of the Caudillos Idelfonso de las Muñecas , who fought for Upper Peru (Alto Perú) during the War of Independence . The province was given this name when it was founded on October 18, 1826.

location

The province is located on the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Cordillera Real and borders in the west on the province of Eliodoro Camacho , in the south on the province Omasuyos , in the east on the province Larecaja , and in the north on the province of Bautista Saavedra .

The province extends between about 15 ° 08 'and 15 ° 48' south latitude and 68 ° 26 'and 69 ° 00' west longitude, it measures 65 kilometers from north to south and up to 40 kilometers from west to east.

population

The population of the province of Muñecas increased significantly in the decade before the turn of the millennium and has stagnated since then:

year	Residents	source
1992	17 820	census
2001	25 163	census
2012	25 193	census

The literacy rate in the province is 68.6 percent, 80.1 percent for men and 56.4 percent for women. (2001)

The infant mortality rate is 8.5 per cent (1992) and 8.6 percent (2001) remains high.

40.3 percent of the population speak Spanish , 63.3 percent speak Aymara , and 35.2 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

97.0 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 84.6 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

48.4 percent of households own a radio, 0.5 percent a television, 4.9 percent a bicycle, 0.2 percent a motorcycle, 0.3 percent a car, 0.2 percent a refrigerator, 0.1 percent one Phone. (2001)

81.1 percent of the population are Catholic , 10.3 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

The province of Muñecas was divided into the following three municipalities at the last census of 2012 :

• 02-0501 Municipio Chuma - 11,461 inhabitants
• 02-0502 Municipio Ayata - 8,352 inhabitants
• 02-0503 Municipio Aucapata - 5,380 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Muñecas

• Municipio Chuma
  • Chajlaya 699 pop - Chuma 370 pop

• Municipio Ayata
  • Mollo Grande 872 pop - Camata 387 pop - Ayata 294 pop

• Municipio Aucapata
  • Yánahuaya 863 pop - Rosario 483 pop - Pusillani 373 pop - Aucapata 228 pop.

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 Ayata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 590 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Aucapata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 319 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Chuma - detailed map and population data (PDF; 628 kB) ( Spanish )