Tolata Municipality

The municipality Tolata is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality Tolata is one of three Municipalities of the province of Germán Jordán. It is bordered to the west and southwest by the province of Esteban Arce, on the southeast by the municipality of Cliza, in the eastern province Punata, and to the north by the province of Chapare.

The central location of the municipality is Tolata with 2,207 inhabitants in the southeast part of the municipality. (2001)

Geography

The municipality Tolata 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 Tolata has doubled in the past two decades:

The population density of the municipality is 71.6 inhabitants / km ² at the 2001 census, the proportion of the urban population is 41.5 percent.

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 67.7 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 83.5 percent, and 93.0 percent, although in men and 74.6 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

The municipality is not further subdivided and consists only of a State:

  • Cantón Tolata
Departamento Cochabamba Department Tolata, Cochabamba Municipios of Bolivia Departments of Bolivia Cliza Municipality Punata Province Chapare Province Cordillera Central (Bolivia) Without Fear Movement Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Cantons of Bolivia
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