Alcoche
| Alcoche | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 878 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 540 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-2001-1600-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 45 ′ S , 67 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Caranavi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Caranavi climate diagram |
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Alcoche is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Alcoche is the central place of the canton Alcoche in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Caranavi in the province of Caranavi . The village is located in the Bolivian Yungas at an altitude of 540 m on the right bank of the Río Coroico , between the Bolivian Voranden chains east of the Cordillera Real .
geography
Alcoche lies in the transition area between the Andean Altiplano and the Bolivian lowlands. The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature is 25.5 ° C and fluctuates only slightly over the course of the year between 23 ° C in June / July and 27 ° C in November / December (see Caranavi climate chart). The annual precipitation reaches a height of almost 1500 mm, and apart from a short dry season in June / July the climate is humid all year round with monthly precipitation of over 200 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Alcoche is 179 kilometers by road northeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 3 leads in a north-easterly direction via Cotapata to Caranavi and from there on to Trinidad on the Río Mamoré . In Caranavi, Route 26 branches off from Route 3 to the northwest , passes the towns of Santa Fe and Alcoche and continues via Guanay and Mapiri to Apolo , where it meets Route 16 , which runs along the Peruvian border.
population
The population of the village has increased by two thirds in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 552 | census |
| 2001 | 797 | census |
| 2013 | 878 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Caranavi 57.8 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento from February 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 t )
Web links
- Relief map of the Sorata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 12.81 MB)
- Municipio Caranavi - General Maps No. 22001
- Municipio Caranavi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.17 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department of La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )