Alalay

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Alalay
Basic data
Residents (state) 324 pop. (2012 census)
height 3806  m
Post Code 03-1303-0102-4001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 17 ° 43 ′  S , 65 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 43 ′  S , 65 ° 42 ′  W
Alalay (Bolivia)
Alalay
Alalay
politics
Department Cochabamba
province Mizque
climate
Climate diagram Vacas
Climate diagram Vacas

Alalay is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Alalay is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Alalay in the province of Mizque . The village is located on a ridge of the Cordillera of Cochabamba at an altitude of 3806  m in the source area of ​​the Río Grande stream , which joins near Pocoata with the Quebrada Lampar to the Río Acequia .

geography

Alalay is located in the northwestern part of the Cordillera Oriental , the easternmost mountain range of the Bolivian high mountains. The climate of the region is characterized by a typical time of day climate , in which the daily temperature fluctuations are more pronounced than the seasonal fluctuations.

The annual average temperature is 12 ° C (see Vacas climate diagram), temperatures in the winter months of June / July are just under 10 ° C and in November / December a little more than 14 ° C. The annual precipitation is 550 mm and reaches values ​​of 100 to 120 mm in the summer months from December to February, while in the arid months from May to September hardly any precipitation falls.

"Alalay" is Quechua and means "cold", which indicates the cold and dry climate of the region.

Transport network

Alalay is 76 kilometers by road from Cochabamba , the capital of the department of the same name.

From Cochabamba the paved road Ruta 7 leads in a south-easterly direction 41 kilometers to San Benito , from there a dirt road further south-east via Punata to Arani . From there, an unpaved road continues to the southeast and after 21 kilometers via Pocoata reaches the village of Alalay .

population

The population of the village has decreased over the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 462 census
2001 638 census
2012 324 census

Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Alalay 99.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alalay - Municipio de Mizque In: educa.com.bo (Spanish)
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ INE social data Cochabamba 2001 ( Memento of November 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 8.0 MB)

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