Tacachi Municipality

The municipality Tacachi is a district in the department of Cochabamba in Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality Tacachi is one of five Municipalities of the province Punata. It is bordered on the northwest by the municipality of Villa Rivero, to the south and southeast by the municipality of Cuchumuela and on the northeast by the province Arani.

The central location of the municipality is Tacachi with 750 inhabitants in the southern part of the municipality ( 2001).

Geography

The municipality Tacachi is in the transition zone between the Andes mountain range, the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands.

The mean average temperature of the region is about 18 ° C (see climate chart Cochabamba ) and varies only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 20 ° C in October / November. Annual precipitation is only around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September, with monthly rainfall less than 10 mm, and a humidity season from December to February 90 to 120 mm month precipitation.

Population

The population of the municipality Tacachi has multiplied over the past two decades:

The population density of the municipality at the 2001 census was 18.1 inhabitants / km ², the percentage of urban population is 0.0 percent, the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.6 years.

The literacy rate in the over 19 year olds is 76.7 percent, and 88.7 percent, although in men and 66.0 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

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

• Cantón Tacachi