Achica Arriba
| Achica Arriba | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1105 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3937 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0801-0104-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 43 ′ S , 68 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Ingavi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Viacha |
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Achica Arriba (also: Chicasaya ) is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Achica Arriba is the fourth largest municipality in the canton Viacha in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Viacha in the province of Ingavi and is located at an altitude of 3937 m . The village lies on a twenty kilometers wide north-south running flat section of the Bolivian Altiplano , directly to the east of the village rise the foothills of the Serranía de Sicasica , which rise here to almost 5,000 m.
geography
Achica Arriba is located on the Bolivian plateau between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with average temperatures fluctuating more during the day than during the year.
The mean annual temperature of the region is just under 9 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate only insignificantly between 6 ° C in July and 10 ° C from November to February (see Viacha climate diagram). The annual precipitation is about 600 mm, the months May to August are arid with monthly precipitation of less than 15 mm, in the southern summer months of January and February monthly precipitation of more than 100 mm is measured.
Transport network
Achica Arriba is 40 kilometers by road south of La Paz , the capital of the department.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto , from there Ruta 1 a further 27 kilometers to Achica Arriba and on via Patacamaya to Caracollo , where Ruta 1 continues to Oruro in the south and Ruta 4 into Cochabamba branches off to the east .
population
The population of the place has been subject to strong fluctuations in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 709 | census |
| 2001 | 392 | census |
| 2012 | 1105 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality Viacha 70.8 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ INE social data La Paz 2001 ( Memento from September 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Viacha - detailed map and population data (PDF; 630 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Viacha - General Maps No. 20801
- Department of La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )