Llallagua Municipality

The municipality Llallagua is a district in the Potosí Department in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality Llallagua is one of three Municipalities in the province of Rafael Bustillo and bordered to the south by the municipality of Uncía and on the east by the municipality of Chayanta. Municipalities is the largest town in the city Llallagua on the southern edge of the district.

Geography

Llallagua is located at the junction of the highlands of Oruro in the mountain of Potosí. The city is bounded on the north and west by high mountain ranges of the Cordillera Central. The vegetation is that of the Puna, the climate is a typical diurnal climate in which the daily temperature fluctuations are larger than the monthly fluctuations.

The mean annual temperature is 9 ° C, the monthly average values ​​vary between less than 5 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C from November to March (see climate chart Uncía ). The annual precipitation is 370 mm and falls mainly in the summer months, the arid period with monthly values ​​of maximum 10 mm lasts from April to October.

Population

The population of the municipality Llallagua has decreased over the past two decades by about 15 percent:

The population density at the 2001 census was 70.3 inhabitants / km ². The life expectancy of newborns is 58 years, the proportion of the urban population is 80 percent. The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 83 percent, and that 91 percent of men and 71 percent in women. (2001)

Policy

Structure

The municipality Llallagua divided into the following two cantons ( cantones ):

  • Cantón Llallagua
  • Cantón Jachojo
Departamento Rafael Bustillo Province Municipios of Bolivia Cordillera Central (Bolivia) Puna grassland Without Fear Movement Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Social Alliance Cantons of Bolivia
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