Callapa
| Callapa | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 151 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3797 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0308-0170-8004 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 29 ′ S , 68 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Pacajes Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Callapa climate diagram |
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Callapa (also Santiago de Callapa ) is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Callapa is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Callapa in the province of Pacajes . The village is located at an altitude of 3797 m at km 192 of the Río Desaguadero on its northern left bank, where the Ruta 4 road crosses the river.
geography
Callapa lies 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 daytime climate , in which the mean fluctuation of day and night temperatures is more pronounced than that of the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature of the region is 8 to 9 ° C (see Callapa climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 5 ° C in July and a good 10 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is almost 400 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months of May to August and 100 mm in December.
Transport network
Callapa is 164 kilometers by road south of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 2 leads for thirteen kilometers to El Alto , from there Ruta 1 in a southerly direction as an asphalt road 91 kilometers to Patacamaya . From there, the Ruta 4 branches off in a south-westerly direction and after 57 kilometers reaches the Río Desaguadero and Callapa . From here the Ruta 4 continues in a westerly direction to Sajama , the highest mountain in Bolivia, and to Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border.
population
The population of the village has fluctuated strongly over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 76 | census |
| 2001 | 268 | census |
| 2012 | 151 | census |
Due to the historical development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Callapa 97.3 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 dated November 29, 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 Corocoro region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.8 MB)
- Municipio Callapa - General Maps No. 20308
- Municipio Callapa - detailed map and population data (PDF; 548 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )