Tinguipaya Municipality

The municipality Tinguipaya ( Quechua: Tinkipaya ) is a district in the Potosí Department in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia. Central location of the county is Tinguipaya.

Location in near space

The municipality Tinguipaya is one of four Municipalities in the province of Tomás Frías. It is bordered to the north by the province Chayanta, on the east by the province of Cornelio Saavedra, on the southeast by the municipality of Potosí, to the south by the municipality of Yocalla, on the southwest by the municipality of Urmiri, and on the east by the department of Oruro.

Geography

The municipality is situated on the eastern edge of the Tinguipaya Bolivian Altiplano before the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central.

The mean annual temperature of the region is about 11 ° C (see climate chart Potosí ), the annual precipitation is about 350 mm. The region has a pronounced diurnal climate, the monthly average temperatures vary only slightly between 8 ° C in June / July and 13 ° C from November to March. The monthly rainfall range from less than 10 mm in the months of May to September, almost 80 mm in January and February.

Population

The population of the municipality Tiraque has increased over the past two decades to more than double:

The life expectancy of newborns is 53 years, the literacy rate. Among the over 15 -year-old with only 47 per cent, and the proportion of the urban population in the municipality is 0 percent (2001)

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, it presents a significant proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Tinguipaya 99.3 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.

Policy

Structure

The municipality is divided into two cantons ( cantones ):

• Cantón Anthura - in the western part of the municipios
• Cantón Tinguipaya - in the eastern part of the municipios