Yanacachi Municipality

The municipality Yanacachi is a district in the Bolivian department of La Paz

Location in near space

The municipality Yanacachi is one of five Municipalities of the Province Sud Yungas and is located in the southwestern part of the province. It is bordered to the north by the province of Nor Yungas, to the west by the province of Murillo, on the south by the municipality of Irupana, and on the east by the municipality of Chulumani.

The municipality has 38 localities ( Localidades ), the central location of the municipality is Yanacachi with 504 inhabitants in the northern part of the municipality. The largest town in the municipality is the mining town of La Chojlla with 943 inhabitants. (2001)

Geography

The municipality is located in the Bolivian Yungas Yanacachi at an average altitude of 2000 m on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Real.

The mean average temperature of the region is 16 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 1150 mm. The region has a pronounced diurnal climate, the monthly average temperatures vary only slightly between 14 ° C in July and 18 ° C in December. The monthly rainfall between about 20 mm during the months of June and July, and more than 150 mm from December to February.

Population

The municipality has an area of 572 km ² and a population density of 7.4 inhabitants / km ². (2001)

The population of the municipality Yanacachi has changed significantly in the past two decades:

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.7 years, the infant mortality rate of 6.9 % ( 1992) declined to 6.2 % in 2001.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 86.6 %, ie 91.5 % in men and 80.1 % in women ( 2001).

92.6 % of the population speak Spanish, 54.8 % speak Aymara, Quechua and 2.9 %. (2001)

40.5 % of the population have no access to electricity, 49.5% have no sanitary facilities ( 2001).

84.1 % of the 1,188 households have a radio, 30.1 % have a television, 11.4% a bicycle, a motorcycle 1.0%, 4.4% a car, 18.8% a refrigerator, 2.4% a telephone. (2001)

Policy

Structure

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

  • Canton Villa Aspiazu - 1,314 inhabitants ( 2001)
  • Canton Yanacachi - 2,936 inhabitants
Departamento Sud Yungas Province Municipios of Bolivia Departments of Bolivia La Paz Department (Bolivia) Nor Yungas Province Aymara language Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Without Fear Movement Cantons of Bolivia
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