Llica Municipality

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

Location in near space

The municipality Llica is one of two Municipalities in the province of Daniel Campos. It is bordered to the north by the department of Oruro, on the west by the Republic of Chile, to the south by the province of Nor Lípez, and on the east by the municipality of Tahua the border with Tahua runs to almost 100 percent in the Salar de Uyuni. The municipality extends over about 180 km from north to south and about 110 km in east-west direction.

The central location of the municipality is the village with 553 inhabitants Llica (2001) in the northern part of the county.

Geography

The municipality Llica lies between the western Andes Cordillera Occidental and the eastern chain of the Cordillera Oriental on the shores of the salt lake Salar de Uyuni. The climate in the region is semiarid and a typical diurnal climate where the temperatures fluctuate more during the day than during the year.

The annual rainfall is low 150 mm (see climate chart ) and has significant monthly rainfall of about 50 mm only in January and February. The annual average temperature is around 6 ° C, the monthly values ​​vary between 2 ° C in July and nearly 9 ° C in January and February, there is throughout the year to frequent freeze-thaw cycles.

Population

The population has nearly doubled in the past two decades:

The population density of the municipality at the 2001 census was 0.4 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The proportion of under-15s in the population is 41.6 percent.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 96 percent, and that 99 percent of men and 93 percent in women. The most important idiom with a share of 82 percent Spanish, 54 percent of the population speak Aymara. 80 percent of the population are Catholic, 8 percent Protestant.

The life expectancy of newborns is 62 years. 81 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 88 percent have no sanitary facilities.

Policy

Districts

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

  • Cantón Cahuana
  • Cantón Canquella
  • Cantón Chacoma
  • Cantón Llica
  • Cantón Palaya
  • Cantón San Pablo de Napa
  • Tres Cruces cantón
Departamento Daniel Campos Province Oruro Department Tahua Municipality Cordillera Occidental (Bolivia) Cordillera Oriental (Bolivia) Desert climate Aymara language Without Fear Movement Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Cantons of Bolivia
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