Sipe Sipe Municipality
The municipality Sipe Sipe is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
The municipality Sipe Sipe is one of five Municipalities of the province Quillacollo. It is bordered on the northwest by the province Ayopaya, on the west by the province Tapacari, on the southwest by the province Arque, on the east by the province Capinota, on the northeast by the municipality of Quillacollo, and to the north by the municipality of Vinto.
The central location of the municipality of Sipe Sipe is with 3,134 inhabitants in the north-eastern part of the municipality. (2001)
Geography
The municipality Sipe Sipe is located 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 of Sipe Sipe has more than doubled in the past two decades:
The population density of the municipality at the 2001 census was 62.9 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population is 10.0 percent.
The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 60.9 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 76.4 percent, and 88.4 percent, although in men and 65.6 percent for women ( 2001).
Policy
Structure
The municipality Sipe Sipe is divided into the following three cantons ( cantones ):
- Cantón Itapaya - 6,496 inhabitants ( 2001)
- Cantón Mallco Rancho - 8,287 inhabitants ( 2001)
- Sipe Sipe cantón - 16,554 inhabitants ( 2001)