Coroico Municipality

The municipality of Coroico is a district in the department of La Paz in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality of Coroico is one of two Municipalities of the Province Nor Yungas and located in the western part of the province. It is bordered to the northwest and west by the province of Murillo, on the south by the province of Sud Yungas, to the east by the municipality of Coripata, and in the north- east by the province Caranavi.

The municipality has 115 localities ( Localidades ). The central location of the municipality is Coroico with 2,197 inhabitants ( 2001 census ) in the eastern part of the county.

Geography

The municipality of Coroico lies at an average altitude of 2000 m 90 km east of Lake Titicaca in the region of the Yungas between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Real and the foothills of the Amazon lowlands. The annual precipitation here in the subtropical Yungas is 1100 mm (see climate chart ) and has a distinct dry season from May to August and a rainy season from December to February. The monthly average temperatures vary only slightly between 20 ° C and 25 ° C.

Population

The population of the municipality of Coroico has increased by about 40 percent over the past two decades:

The municipality had at the last census of 2001, a population density of 13.0 inhabitants / km ², the life expectancy of newborns was 62.0 years, the infant mortality rate was 6.1% (1992 ) to 6.4 % in 2001, slightly increased.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years was 85.0 percent, and 92.0 percent, although in men and 76.0 percent for women ( 2001).

93.2 percent of the population speak Spanish, 62.1 percent speak Aymara, Quechua and 3.5 percent. (2001)

78.6 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 54.6 percent have no sanitary facilities ( 2001).

80.3 percent of the total of 3,306 households have a radio, 28.7 percent have a television, 13.9 percent a bicycle, a motorcycle 3.3 percent, 5.7 percent, a car, a refrigerator, and 13.9 percent, 6.2 percent a telephone. (2001)

Policy

Structure

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

  • Cantón Coroico - 8,876 inhabitants ( 2001) - Central Location: Coroico
  • Cantón Mururata - 2082 inhabitants - Central Location: Mururata
  • Cantón Pacollo - 1279 inhabitants - Central Location: Pacollo
Departamento La Paz Department (Bolivia) Nor Yungas Province Municipios of Bolivia Sud Yungas Province Caranavi Province Amazon River Aymara language Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Without Fear Movement Cantons of Bolivia
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