Tarata Municipality
The municipality Tarata is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
The municipality Tarata is one of four Municipalities of the province of Esteban Arce. It is bordered to the west by the province Capinota, to the south by the department of Potosí, to the southeast by the municipality of Anzaldo, in the east the province of Germán Jordán, and to the north by the municipality of Arbieto.
The municipality has an area of 334 Tarata km ², the central location is Tarata with 3,323 inhabitants in the eastern part of the municipality. (2001)
Geography
The municipality Tarata 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 of Tarata has increased by about 10 % over the past two decades:
The population density of the municipality was 26.1 inhabitants / km ² in the 2001 census, the proportion of the urban population is 38.1 percent.
The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 61.6 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 72.6 percent, and 85.1 percent, although in men and 62.0 percent for women ( 2001).
Policy
Structure
The municipality Tarata is divided into the following four cantons ( cantones ):
- Cantón Huasa Rancho
- Cantón Huayculi
- Cantón Izata
- Cantón Tarata