Sacaba Municipality

The municipality Sacaba is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality Sacaba is one of three Municipalities of the province of Chapare. It is bordered on the northwest by the province Quillacollo, on the west by the province of Cercado, on the south by the province of Esteban Arce and the province of Germán Jordán, on the southeast by the Punata province and the province Tiraque, on the east by the municipality of Colomi, and in the north to the municipality of Villa Tunari.

The central location of the municipality is Sacaba with 117,100 inhabitants ( 2001) in the central part of the county.

Geography

The municipality Sacaba lies on the western edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental in a valley region midway between the Altiplano and the Chapare lowlands, which is also referred to as a region eternal spring. The climate is warmgemäßigt and has a mean average temperature of nearly 18 ° C (see climate chart Cochabamba ), the monthly values ​​fluctuate while only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and about 20 ° C from October to December. The annual rainfall is only 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September, with monthly rainfall less than 10 mm, and a brief humidity from December to February with an 90-120 mm monthly rainfall.

Population

The population of the municipality Sacaba has risen to more than three times in the past two decades:

The population density of the municipality at the 2001 census was 165.6 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population is 79.1 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 64.3 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 87.7 percent, and 95.1 percent, although in men and 81.4 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

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

  • Cantón Aguirre
  • Cantón Chinata
  • Cantón Lava Lava
  • Cantón Quewiñapampa
  • Cantón Sacaba
  • Cantón Ucuchi
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