Anzaldo Municipality
The municipality Anzaldo is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
The municipality Anzaldo is one of four Municipalities of the province of Esteban Arce. It is bordered on the northwest by the municipality of Tarata, on the southwest by the department of Potosí, in the southeastern province Mizque, on the east by the municipality of Sacabamba, in the north- east by the province Punata, and to the north by the province of Germán Jordán.
The central location of the municipality is Anzaldo with 1,178 inhabitants in the central part of the municipality. (2001)
Geography
The municipality Anzaldo 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 Anzaldo has fallen over the past two decades by about 15 percent:
Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Anzaldo 99.2 % of the population speak the Quechua language.
The population density of the municipality at the 2001 census was 14.3 inhabitants / km ², the percentage of urban population is 0.0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 60.2 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 55.5 percent, and 70.9 percent, although in men and 41.9 percent for women ( 2001).
Policy
Structure
The municipality is divided into three cantons ( cantones ):
- Cantón Anzaldo
- Cantón La Viña
- Cantón Quiriria