Avichaca
| Avichaca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 860 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3860 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0201-0102-7001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 3 ′ S , 68 ° 39 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Omasuyos Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Achacachi |
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Avichaca is a town in the La Paz department on the Altiplano of the South American Andean high mountains in Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Avichaca is the third largest city in the canton of Achacachi in the municipality of Achacachi in Omasuyos Province . The village is located at an altitude of 3860 m directly north of the conical mountain Avichaca , which rises 150 meters from the plain of the Gulf of Achacachi . Two kilometers west of Avichaca flows the Río Kjarkajahuira, which after two kilometers passes the city of Achacachi and flows thirteen kilometers downstream into Lake Titicaca .
geography
The climate in the Avichaca area is derived from the altitude on the Altiplano and the proximity to the large water surface of Lake Titicaca, which mitigates the temperature fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see Achacachi climate diagram), with the monthly average in the coldest month (July) at 8 ° C only slightly deviating from the warmest months (November to March) at 12 ° C. The climate is arid from June to August with only sporadic rainfall and humid in the summer months, especially from December to March, with monthly rainfall of more than 100 mm. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm.
population
The population of the village has increased slightly in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 804 | census |
| 2012 | 860 | census |
Transport network
The village is located at a distance of 102 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department.
From La Paz, the asphalt national road Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto and further north-west via Vilaque and Palcoco to Batallas . From here the route 2 continues to Copacabana on Lake Titicaca, at Huarina the route 16 branches off to the north, which leads to Achacachi and further along the Peruvian border into the Bolivian lowlands. On the northern edge of Achacachi, the Camino Achacachi-Chachacomani branches off from Ruta 16 to the southeast and reaches Avichaca after six kilometers .
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Relief map of the Achacachi region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 1.63 kB)
- Municipio Achacachi - General Maps No. 20201
- Municipio Achacachi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 671 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )