Tomave Municipality
The municipality Tomave is a district in the Potosí Department in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
The municipality Tomave is one of three Municipalities in the province Antonio Quijarro. It is bordered to the north, west and south by the municipality of Uyuni, in the south east of the province of Nor chichas, on the east by the province of José María Linares, and on the northeast by the municipality and the province of Porco Tomás Frías.
Geography
Tomave located on the Altiplano in the central Bolivia on the northeastern edge of the Cordillera de chichas.
The mean average temperature of the region is about 11 ° C (see climate chart Potosí ), the average monthly temperatures range from 8 ° C in June / July and about 13 ° C from November to March. The annual rainfall is only 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October month rainfall between 0 and 15 mm, and a short time humidity from December to February with monthly rainfall of over 70 mm.
Population
The population of the municipality has grown in the past two decades by about 20 percent:
The population density of the municipality was 1.5 inhabitants / km ² at the 2001 census, the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent.
The life expectancy of newborns is 56 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 71 percent, and that 89 percent of men and 55 percent in women. (2001)
Policy
Structure
The municipality is divided into the following cantons ( cantones ):
- Cantón Apacheta
- Cantón Calasaya
- Cantón Opoco
- Cantón San Francisco de Tarana
- Cantón Tacora
- Cantón Ticatica
- Cantón Tolapampa
- Cantón Tomave
- Cantón Ubina
- Cantón Viluyo
- Cantón Yura