Cuchumuela Municipality

The municipality Cuchumuela (also: Villa Gualberto Villarroel ) is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality Cuchumuela is one of five Municipalities of the province Punata. It is bordered on the northwest by the municipality of Villa Rivero, on the southwest by the province of Esteban Arce, on the east by the province Mizque, in the north- east by the province Arani and to the north by the municipality of Tacachi.

The central location of the municipality is Cuchumuela with 448 inhabitants ( 2001 census ) in the northern part of the county.

Geography

The municipality Cuchumuela lies in the transitional area between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands to the east. The mean average temperature of the region is almost 18 ° C (see climate chart Cochabamba ) and varies only slightly between 14 ° C in June and July and 20 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is about 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September, with monthly rainfall less than 10 mm, and a humidity from December to February with an 90-110 mm monthly rainfall.

Population

The population of the municipality Cuchumulea has not changed significantly in the past two decades:

The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2001 was 118 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population was 0.0 percent, the life expectancy of newborns was 61.6 years.

The literacy rate in the over 19 year olds is 68.7 percent, and 87.1 percent, although in men and 53.6 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

The municipality is not further subdivided into cantons ( cantones ) and consists only of:

• Cantón Cuchumuela