Amachuma (La Paz)
| Amachuma | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 794 pop. (2001 census) | ||
| height | 4011 m | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 38 ′ S , 68 ° 9 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Murillo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Viacha |
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Amachuma was an independent town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Amachuma was the second largest municipality in the canton of Achocalla in the municipality of Achocalla in the province of Murillo and is located at an altitude of 4011 m . The village lies on the edge of the El Alto plateau , directly east of the village the edge of the plateau drops several hundred meters towards the tributaries of the Río de la Paz . Since the 2012 census, Amachuma is no longer listed as an independent town, but is now part of the city of Achocalla .
geography
Amachuma is located on the Bolivian Altiplano 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
Amachuma is 30 kilometers by road south of La Paz , the capital of the department.
From La Paz, the asphalt national road Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto , from there the Ruta 1 via Patacamaya to Caracollo , where the Ruta 1 continues to Oruro in the south and the Ruta 4 branches off to Cochabamba to the east . Twelve kilometers south of El Alto airport, a dirt road branches off to the southeast from Ruta 1 and reaches Amachuma after another five kilometers.
population
The town's population has almost doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 544 | census |
| 2001 | 794 | census |
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 from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Achocalla - General Maps No. 20104
- Municipio Achocalla - detailed map and population data (PDF; 784 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department of La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )