Toco Municipality

The municipality Toko (also: " Toco " ) is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality Toko is one of three Municipalities of the province of Germán Jordán. It is bordered to the west and south by the province of Esteban Arce, on the east by the province Punata, and to the north by the municipality of Cliza.

The central location of the municipality is the place Toko with 827 inhabitants in the northern part of the municipality. (2001)

Geography

The municipality Toko 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 Toko has not changed significantly in the past two decades:

The population density of the municipality was 103.6 inhabitants / km ² at the last census in 2001, the percentage of urban population is 0.0 percent.

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.4 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 72.3 percent, and 87.8 percent, although in men and 59.1 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

The municipality is not further subdivided and consists only of a canton ( cantón ):

• Cantón Toko