Quillacollo Municipality
The municipality Quillacollo is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
The municipality Quillacollo is one of five Municipalities of the province Quillacollo. It is bordered on the northwest by the province Ayopaya, on the west by the municipality of Vinto, on the southwest by the municipality of Sipe Sipe, in the southeast of the province of Cercado, on the east by the municipality of Colcapirhua and to the municipality of Tiquipaya and to the north by the province of Chapare.
The central location of the municipality is Quillacollo with 74 980 inhabitants in the southern part of the municipality. (2001)
Geography
The municipality Quillacollo is in the transition zone between the Andes mountain range, the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands. The mean average temperature of the region is about 18 ° C (see climate chart Cochabamba ) and varies only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 20 ° C in October / November. Annual precipitation is only around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September, with monthly rainfall less than 10 mm, and a humidity season from December to February 90 to 120 mm month precipitation.
Population
The population of the municipality Quillacollo has more than doubled in the past two decades:
The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2001 was 184 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population is 75.2 per cent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 65.6 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 90.1 percent, and 96.4 percent, although in men and 84.5 percent for women ( 2001).
Policy
Structure
The municipality Quillacollo is divided into the following two cantons ( cantones ):
- Cantón El Paso - 4,930 inhabitants ( 2001)
- Cantón Quillacollo - 99 276 inhabitants ( 2001)