Arque
| Arque | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 308 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2742 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0601-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 49 ′ S , 66 ° 24 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Arque Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Arque |
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Arque is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Arque is the seat of the administration of the province of Arque and the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Arque . The village is located at an altitude of 2742 m in the valley of the Río Arque , one of the upper reaches of the Bolivian Río Grande , in the Bolivian Cordillera Central .
geography
Arque lies in one of the northern foothills of the Bolivian Cordillera Central. The climate is semi-arid and a typical daytime climate , in which the mean temperature differences between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
Arque has an average annual precipitation of 600 mm and an annual average temperature of 11 ° C. The dry season lasts from May to September and has lower temperatures, but is frost-free. The rainy season lasts from December to February and is warmer than the annual average (see climate diagram Arque).
population
The population of the village has been subject to significant fluctuations over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 296 | census |
| 2001 | 487 | census |
| 2012 | 308 | census |
Transport network
An important connecting road between the two cities of Oruro and Cochabamba runs through Arque , parallel to the Ruta 4 highway, which runs further north . It connects the provincial capitals Bolívar , Arque and Capinota and follows the course of the Río Arque between Arque and Capinota.
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 November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Relief map of the Cochabamba region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Arque - General Maps No. 30601
- Municipio Arque - detailed map and population data (PDF; 420 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )