Tupiza Municipality

The municipality of Tupiza is a district in the Potosí Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality of Tupiza is one of two Municipalities in the province Sur chichas. It is bordered to the north by the province of Nor chichas, on the west by the municipality of Atocha and the province of Nor Lípez, on the southwest by the province Lípez Sur, on the south by the Republic of Argentina and of the province of Modesto Omiste, in the southeast on the department of Tarija and on the east by the department of Chuquisaca.

It extends to 130 km in east-west direction and 100 kilometers in north-south direction. Capital of the municipality is the town of Tupiza in the center of the municipality.

Geography

The municipality of Tupiza in the southern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano. The climate of the region is characterized because of the internal situation in cool, dry and by a typical diurnal climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly larger than the seasonal variations (see climate chart Tupiza ).

The average annual temperature is 13 ° C and varies only slightly between 8 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C from December to February. The annual rainfall is about 300 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October month precipitation less than 10 mm, and a humidity from December to February with an 60-80 mm month precipitation.

Population

The population has decreased over the past two decades by about 10 percent, ie, the birth rate has been more than offset by migration:

The population density of the municipality is 6.3 inhabitants / km ² ( 2001 census ), the proportion of the urban population is 57 percent, the proportion of under-15s in the population is 44.5 percent.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 77 percent, and that 93 percent of men and 65 percent in women. The most important idiom with a share of 96 percent Spanish, 56 percent of the population speak Quechua. 88 percent of the population are Catholic, 8 percent Protestant.

The life expectancy of newborns is 65 years. 47 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 69 percent have no sanitary facilities.

Policy

Structure

The municipality is divided into the following cantons ( cantones ):

  • Canton Chillco ( inter alia with the village chilco )
  • Canton Concepcion
  • Canton Esmoraca ( inter alia with the village Esmoraca )
  • Canton Oploca
  • Canton Oro Ingenio
  • Canton Quiriza
  • Canton Rufino Carrasco
  • Canton Soracaya
  • Canton Suipacha (including the towns Suipacha and Chuquiago )
  • Canton Talina
  • Canton Tupiza ( inter alia with the town of Tupiza )
  • Canton Villa Pacheco
Departamento Sud Chichas Province Municipios of Bolivia Nor Chichas Province Modesto Omiste Province Tarija Department Chuquisaca Department Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Without Fear Movement Social Alliance Cantons of Bolivia
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