Punata Municipality

Punata Municipality
Municipality

John the Baptist (San Juan Bautista) church in Punata

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Punata Municipality

Location of the Punata Municipality within Bolivia

Coordinates: 17°33′0″S 65°50′0″W / 17.55000°S 65.83333°W / -17.55000; -65.83333Coordinates: 17°33′0″S 65°50′0″W / 17.55000°S 65.83333°W / -17.55000; -65.83333
Country Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Punata Province
Seat Punata
Government
 • Mayor Leticia Camacho (MAS-IPSP)
Area
 • Total 33 sq mi (85 km2)
Population (2001)
 • Total 26,140
 • Ethnicities Quechuas

Punata Municipality is the first municipal section of the Punata Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Punata. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 26,140 inhabitants.[1]

Cantons

Political map of Punata Province

The municipality consists of only one canton, Punata Canton. It is identical to the municipality.

Government

The government of Punata Municipality is divided into the executive and legislative branches. The Mayor of Punata is the head of the city government, elected for a term of five years by general election. The legislative branch consists of the Municipal Council, which elects a President, Vice President and Secretary from a group of seven members.

The current mayor of Punata is Leticia Camacho, who has served in that post on an interim basis, since the removal of Víctor Balderrama, who won both of the previous two elections. Balderrama, of the Insurgente Martín Uchu party, was suspended under indictment for aggravated rape of a minor on August 10, 2010 (for which he was convicted September 2011[2]), and resigned to resign to allow new elections. A special election for mayor is scheduled to be held on 13 January 2013.

Víctor Balderrama Arias won a strong majority of 74% in the 4 April 2010 elections and his party, Insurgente Martín Uchu, controls five of the seven council seats.[3]

Date Began Date Ended Mayor Party Notes
1992 1993 José Antonio Gonzales Alvarado Political Accord (MIR–ADN)[4]
1995 1995 José Antonio Gonzales Alvarado Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia) (MIR)[4]
1997 2002 José Antonio Gonzales Alvarado Revolutionary Nationalist Movement[4]
2004 Víctor Balderrama Arias Insurgente Martín Uchu Elected with 63% of the vote. Balderrama's first administration was marked by open conflict with the Municipal Council, who sought his removal. Balderrama recognized the alternate members of the Council instead during a crisis in 2007.[5][6] Meanwhile, the titular council members met in Camacho Rancho for a year, from where they pressed legal demands against the mayoral administration.[7]
May 30, 2010 August 10, 2010 Víctor Balderrama Arias Insurgente Martín Uchu Re-elected with 74% of the vote on 4 April 2010. Suspended August 10, 2010
August 10, 2010 Interim incumbent, pending special election Leticia Camacho MAS-IPSP

References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Condenan con 25 años de prisión al Alcalde suspendido de Punata". La Razón. 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  3. ↑ "Tres alcaldías en problemas: Quillacollo, Punata y Sucre". Los Tiempos. 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  4. 1 2 3 "Cuatro exautoridades proponen mejoras al agro, salud y educación". Opinión. Cochabamba, Bolivia. 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  5. ↑ "Arden Punata y Villa Rivero y ya van 5 alcaldes vetados". Los Tiempos. 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  6. ↑ "Crisis de Punata se expande y afecta al departamento". Los Tiempos. 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  7. ↑ "Quieren terminar con 10 años de alcaldes interinos". Los Tiempos. 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2013-01-07.


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