Cairoma
| Cairoma | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 562 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3888 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0905-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 54 ′ S , 67 ° 32 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Loayza Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Khola |
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Cairoma is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cairoma is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Cairoma in the province of Loayza . The town of Cairoma is located at an altitude of 3888 m on a right tributary of the Río Luribay in one of the valleys between Serranía de Sicasica and the Cordillera Quimsa Cruz .
geography
Cairoma lies between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands in the east. The region has a typical time of day climate, i. This means that the mean temperature differences between day and night are greater than the temperature differences between the seasons.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 17 ° C and fluctuates between 14 ° C in June / July and 19 ° C in November / December (see climate diagram Khola). Annual precipitation is 650 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to August, and monthly precipitation of more than 100 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Cairoma is located 159 kilometers by road southeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz a country road leads south along the Río de la Paz , past the Valle de la Luna to behind Mecapaca . There the road leaves the valley and leads in a south-easterly direction through the Cordillera Septentrional to Cairoma .
population
The population of the village has been subject to significant fluctuations over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 528 | census |
| 2001 | 976 | census |
| 2012 | 562 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the Aymara population is predominant in the Municipio Cairoma , 87.7 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 dated December 13, 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 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 ( 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 La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Cairoma - General Maps No. 20905
- Municipio Cairoma - detailed map and population data (PDF; 476 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )