Capinota Municipality

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

Location in near space

The municipality Capinota is one of three Municipalities of the province Capinota. It is bordered on the northwest by the province Quillacollo, on the west by the municipality of Sicaya, on the southwest by the province Arque, on the southeast by the department of Potosí, to the west by the province of Esteban Arce, and to the north by the municipality of Santiváñez.

The central location of the municipality is Capinota with 4,766 inhabitants ( 2001 census ) in the northwestern part of the county.

Geography

The municipality Capinota located in the Bolivian Cordillera Central in the transition region to the Bolivian lowlands.

The mean average temperature of the region is about 20 ° C (see climate chart ) and varies only slightly between 16 ° C in June and July and over 22 ° C in November and December. The annual precipitation is about 550 mm and has a pronounced dry season from April to November month rainfall of less than 10 mm, only in the humidity time from December to March fall up to 140 mm month precipitation.

Population

The population of the municipality Capinota has risen in the past two decades by about 15 percent:

The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2001 was 31.4 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population was 44.2 percent, the life expectancy of newborns was 63.1 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 68.7 percent, and 82.7 percent, although in men and 56.6 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

The municipality Capinota is divided into the following four cantons ( cantones ):

  • Cantón Capinota
  • Cantón Chamoco
  • Cantón Tokho Halla
  • Cantón Villcabamba
Departamento Cochabamba Department Capinota Province Municipios of Bolivia Quillacollo Province Sicaya Municipality Arque Province Cordillera Central (Bolivia) Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Without Fear Movement Cantons of Bolivia
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