Colquechaca Municipality

The municipality Colquechaca ( Aymara and Quechua: qullqi chaka, " Silver Bridge") is a district in the Potosí Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality Colquechaca is one of four Municipalities in the province Chayanta. It is bordered to the north by the province of Charcas, on the northeast by the municipality of Pocoata, on the west by the department of Oruro, on the south by the province of Tomás Frías, on the east by the municipality of Ocurí, and on the northeast by the municipality of Ravelo.

The central location of the municipality is the provincial capital Colquechaca with 1,816 inhabitants ( 2001 census ) in the northern part of the county.

Geography

The municipality is located in the central western portion Colquechaca the Bolivian Cordillera Central, which extends as a part of the eastern Andean chain between the Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands to the east. The climate is a typical diurnal climate where the temperatures fluctuate more during the day than during the year.

The average annual temperature in the long-term average is about 4 ° C (see climate chart ), the monthly values ​​are between 0 ° C in June / July and 6 ° C from November to January. The annual rainfall is 460 mm, May-August, there is a drying time of less than 5 monthly mm of rainfall, while precipitation totals reached in January and February about 100 mm.

Population

The population of the municipality Colquechaca has increased over the past two decades to nearly twice:

The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2001 was 16.8 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population was 0 percent, the proportion of the population was below 15 years at 44.3 percent.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 38 percent, and that 58 percent of men and 21 percent in women. The most important idiom with a share of 78 percent is Quechua. 89 percent of the population are Roman Catholic, 5 percent Protestant.

The life expectancy of newborns is 50 years. 99 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 97 percent have no sanitary facilities.

Policy

Structure

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

  • Cantón Ayoma
  • Cantón Colquechaca
  • Cantón Macha
  • Cantón Rosario
  • Cantón Surumi
Departamento Chayanta Province Aymara language Charcas Province Oruro Department Ravelo Municipality Cordillera Central (Bolivia) Dry season Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Without Fear Movement Cantons of Bolivia
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