Cúcuta (Laja)
| Cúcuta | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 823 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3951 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1202-1200-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 28 ′ S , 68 ° 18 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Los Andes Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram El Alto |
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Cúcuta (also: Kokota ) is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cúcuta is the only town in the canton of Cúcuta in the municipality of Laja in the province of Los Andes . The village is located at an altitude of 3951 m on the Bolivian Altiplano on the mountain river Río Challa Jahuira, which flows here in a south-westerly direction. North-east of the town of Cúcuta in the municipality of Laja, across the street, is the town of the same name in the municipality of Pucarani with 558 inhabitants.
geography
Cúcuta is located on the Bolivian plateau between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.
The mean average temperature of the region is 8 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 600 mm. The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 7 ° C in July and 11 ° C in December. the monthly precipitation is between less than 10 mm in the months of June and July and close to 100 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Cúcuta is located 23 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz the national road Ruta 2 leads via El Alto in a north-westerly direction past Cúcuta , located west of the Ruta 2, to Villa Vilaque and on via Batallas and Huarina to Copacabana on Lake Titicaca.
population
The population of the village was 823 at the last census of 2012:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | no detailed data | census |
| 2012 | 823 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Laja 86.7 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ El Alto climate diagram
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE social data La Paz 2001 ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the region of La Paz North 1: 100,000 (PDF; 8.4 MB)
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Pucarani - detailed map and population data (PDF; 647 kB) ( Spanish )
- La Paz Department - Social data (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )