Cala Cala (La Paz)
| Cala Cala | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2087 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 181 | ||
| height | 3832 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1301-0701-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 29 ′ S , 67 ° 31 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Provincial flavor | ||
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 Climate diagram Patacamaya |
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Cala Cala is a country town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cala Cala is the third largest municipality in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sica Sica in the province of Aroma and is located at an altitude of 3832 m . To the north-west of Cala Cala extends the wide plain of the Bolivian highlands, and to the east of the place rises the Serranía de Sicasica , a north-south oriented mountain range between La Paz and Cochabamba , which rises to more than 4500 m.
geography
Cala Cala 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 climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 7 ° C (see climate diagram Patacamaya), the monthly average values fluctuate only slightly between 4 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation is 460 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm from May to August and at 110 mm in January.
Transport network
Cala Cala is located 147 kilometers south of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the asphalted highway Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto , from there 129 kilometers south the Ruta 1 via Sica Sica to Konani (also called ' Germán Busch ). From there the road continues in a south-easterly direction to the departmental capitals Oruro , Potosí and Tarija and to Bermejo on the Argentine border. Cala Cala is located five kilometers south of Konani off the Ruta 1 .
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 874 | census |
| 2001 | 1 678 | census |
| 2012 | 2,087 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Sica Sica 90.3 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 from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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 Corocoro region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 9.8 MB)
- Municipio Sica Sica - detailed map and population data (PDF; 648 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )