Annex 8

Descriptive Data

Municipality	Total Pop.	Urban Pop.	% Urban	Indig. Comms	Rural Comms	School houses	Total # Students	Total # Teachers	Students/ Teacher	PAO TA	Institution	NBI	Urban NBI	Rural NBI
Pucarani	32237	0	0.0%	0	48	317	6970	383	18.2	1	FNDR	0.964	0	0.964
Viacha	54761	19036	34.8%	0	300	787	18860	1153	16.4	1	FNDR	0.852	0.598	0.974
Desaguadero	4337	0	0.0%	0	32	51	1123	78	14.4	1	SNPP	0.927	0	0.927
Charagua	18769	2486	13.2%	51	37	141	4316	246	17.5	1	SNPP	0.873	0.453	0.926
Porongo	8272	0	0.0%	0	29	89	2209	101	21.9	0		0.928	0	0.928
Sucre	153153	131769	86.0%	1	103	1462	47211	3099	15.2	1	FNDR	0.467	0.388	0.971
Atocha	12216	5275	43.2%	0	0	135	3552	191	18.6	1	FNDR	0.555	0.499	0.605
Baures	5133	0	0.0%
Guayaramerín	32273	27706	85.8%	0	23					1	FNDR	0.659	0.627	0.978
Sipe Sipe	19132	2033	10.6%	0	7	125	3685	231	16.0	0		0.815	0.659	0.834

source: UDAPSO data base

Municipality	Region	Size	Urban/ Rural	City Nearby?	NGO Present?	NBI (+/-)	Primary Languages	Indigenous Communities
Pucarani	A	M	R	0	Yes	+	Aymara	No
Viacha	A	L	U	1	Yes (Rural)	-	Aymara	No
Desaguadero	A	S	R	0	No	+	Aymara	No
Charagua	E	M	R	0	Yes	=	Guarani	Yes
Porongo	E	S	R	1	Yes	+	Spanish/Quechua	No
Sucre	V	L	U	1	Yes	-	Spanish/Quechua	Yes
Atocha	A	S	R	0	No	-	Spanish/Quechua	No
Baures	E	S	R	0	No		Spanish	Yes
Guayaramerín	E	M	U	1	?	-	?	?
Sipe Sipe	V	M	R	0	?	-	?	?

NB:

A - Altiplano
V- Valleys/Foothills
E- East/Lowlands
Average Municipal Population in Bolivia is 20,646
NBI: Above or below Bolivian average (=0.8857)

Municipal Administration and the Local Economy

Municipality	Local Economic Base				Municipal Employees
Municipality	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1997	1993	% Increase	per 1000 pop	Top Salary	Qualif. Reqs.
Pucarani	Agriculture	Cattle	Fishing		16	3	433.3%	0.50	1000	No
Viacha	Industry	Agriculture	Cattle	Artesanery	150	70	114.3%	2.74	1560	Yes (?)
Desaguadero	Commerce	Transport	Agriculture	Fishing	23	14	64.3%	5.30	700	No
Charagua	Agriculture	Cattle	Education	Commerce	9	4	125.0%	0.48	1700	Yes (?)
Porongo	Agriculture	Cattle			10	1	900.0%	1.21	1300	Yes (?)
Sucre	Services	Industry	Commerce	Agriculture	361	520	-30.6%	2.36	4891	No
Atocha	Mining	Commerce	Agriculture	Cattle	9	5	80.0%	0.74	800	No
Baures	Agriculture	Cattle	Hunting		7	4	75.0%	1.36	1500	No

Municipality	Local Tax Revenues		Municipal Budget		Increase	Operating/ Total	Local Tax/ Total Budget	Investment % Seat Gov	Population % Seat Gov	% Excess Investment
Municipality	Current	Potential	1996/7	1993%	Increase	Operating/ Total	Local Tax/ Total Budget	Investment % Seat Gov	Population % Seat Gov	% Excess Investment
Pucarani	1000		2827931	800	353391%	15%	0%	20%	3%	545%
Viacha	1500000		13000000	600000	2067%	?	12%	?	35%
Desaguadero	500000		1192000	500000	138%	16%	42%	70%	35%	101%
Charagua	49000	350000	2993714	45000	6553%	4%	2%	38%	41%	-9%
Porongo	316865		1635643	66000	2378%	15%	19%	14%	14%	0%
Sucre	40458326		76274915	48892500	56%	23%	53%	86%	86%	0%
Atocha	140000		2411496	50000	4723%	9%	6%	?	20%
Baures	112558	225000	1082489	(created 1996)	N/A	3%	10%	?	43%

NB: "Cattle" includes Llamas and Alpacas on the Altiplano.

Municipal Employees % Increase compared to 1993-4.

Top Salary: Salary of highest administrative official below Mayor.
Local Revenues: Estimated for Viacha.

Municipal Budget: Excluding one-off transfers from external sources (e.g. central government). Data for 1993 are estimates for Desaguadero, Charagua, Sucre and Atocha. % Budget: Municipal operating costs as percent of total municipal budget (overhead + investment).

% Seat Gov: Share of total municipal investment going to the main town or community in the municipal area. This is in addition to municipal operating costs, almost all of which are spent in the main town.