Turco Municipality

The municipality Turco is a district in the department of Oruro in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality Turco is the southern of the two Municipalities of the province of Sajama. It is bordered on the northwest by the municipality of Curahuara de Carangas, on the west by the Republic of Chile, to the south by the Province of Atahuallpa, to the southeast by the province of Litoral, to the east by the province Carangas, and in the north east of the province of San Pedro de Totora.

Geography

The municipality Turco comprises a vast plain north of the Salar de Coipasa, between the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the ridge of the Serranía de Huayllamarca in the east. The climate of the region is semiarid and a typical diurnal climate where the temperature differences between day and night fluctuate more than between seasons.

The annual precipitation in the region is below 300 mm, with precipitation between 40 and 80 mm fall during the summer months from December to March in the remaining eight months of the monthly rainfall are often close to 0 mm (see climate chart Turco ). The annual average temperature is good 6 ° C, the monthly values ​​vary between 2-3 ° C in June / July and 8-9 ° C from November to March.

Population

The population has changed significantly in the past two decades, ie, the birth rate has been largely offset by migration:

The population density of the municipality is 0.8 inhabitants / km ² ( 2001 census ), the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent.

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 49.6 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 85 percent, and that 96 percent of men and 74 percent in women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

The municipality has a size of 4720 km ² and is divided into the following three cantons ( cantones ):

  • Cantón Chachacomani ( capital: Chachacomani ) in the western part of the municipality of
  • Cantón Cosapata ( capital: Cosapa ) in the northern part of the municipality of
  • Cantón Turco ( capital: Turco ) in the central and eastern part of the municipality of
Departamento Oruro Department Sajama Province Municipios of Bolivia Sabaya Province Litoral Province (Bolivia) Carangas Province San Pedro de Totora Province Salt lake Cordillera Occidental (Bolivia) Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Without Fear Movement Cantons of Bolivia
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