Cliza Municipality
The municipality Cliza is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
The municipality Cliza is one of three Municipalities of the province of Germán Jordán. It is bordered to the west by the province of Esteban Arce, on the south by the municipality of Toko, in the east and north- east by the province Punata, and in the north and northwest by the municipality of Tolata.
The central location of the municipality is Cliza with 6,534 inhabitants ( 2001 census ) in the central part of the district.
Geography
The municipality Cliza located on the plateau of Cochabamba in the transition zone between the Andes mountain range, the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands. The region's climate is a subtropical mountain climate, which is characterized more by fluctuations in precipitation than by temperature differences during the year.
The annual rainfall is 450 mm (see climate chart Cochabamba ) and has a distinct dry season from April to October. The annual average temperature is about 18 ° C, the monthly average values fluctuate 15 to 20 ° C (see climate chart Cochabamba ), the daytime highs in all seasons 25 to 30 ° C
Population
The population of the municipality Cliza has risen in the past two decades by about a quarter:
The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2001 was 365 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population was 44.2 percent, the life expectancy of newborns was 65.6 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 80.6 percent, and 92.7 percent, although in men and 70.8 percent for women ( 2001).
Policy
Structure
The municipality Cliza is divided into the following four cantons ( cantones ):
- Cantón Chullpas
- Cantón Cliza
- Cantón Huasacalle
- Cantón Santa Lucía