Caracato
| Caracato | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 202 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2584 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0902-0200-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 0 ′ S , 67 ° 49 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Loayza Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Luribay |
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Caracato is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Caracato is the central place of the canton Caracato in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sapahaqui in the province of Loayza . The village of Caracato is located at an altitude of 2584 m in the northern foothills of the Serranía de Sicasica at the confluence of the Río Ticoma and Río Sapahaqui , which merge below the place to the Río Caracato .
geography
Caracato lies between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands in the east. The region has a typical daytime climate in which 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 just under 15 ° C and fluctuates between 11 and 12 ° C in June / July and a good 16 ° C in November (see Luribay climate diagram). Annual precipitation is 600 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to August and monthly precipitation of more than 100 mm in January and February.
Transport network
Caracato is 118 kilometers south-east of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved highway Ruta 1 leads south via El Alto to the south. About 75 kilometers south of El Alto, a country road branches off in Ayo Ayo to the northeast and reaches Caracato after 41 kilometers.
population
The population of the village has decreased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 248 | census |
| 2001 | 168 | census |
| 2012 | 202 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the Aymara population is predominant in the region , in the municipality of Sapahaqui 96.7 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 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 file; 11.6 MB)
Web links
- Relief map Corocoro region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.8 MB)
- Municipio Sapahaqui - General Maps No. 20902
- Municipio Sapahaqui - detailed map and population data (PDF; 498 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )