Catachilla Baja
| Catachilla Baja | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1690 pop. (2001 census) | ||
| height | 2811 m | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) 4 | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 24 ′ S , 65 ° 59 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Chapare Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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Catachilla Baja was an independent village in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Catachilla Baja was the most populous town in the canton of Chiñata in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sacaba in the province of Chapare . The community lies at an altitude of 2811 m on the southern edge of the Cordillera of Cochabamba in the eastern part of the plain of Cochabamba. Since the 2012 census, Catachilla Baja is no longer listed as a separate town, but is now part of the city of Sacaba .
geography
Catachilla Baja is located on the western edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental in a valley region halfway between the Altiplano and Chapare lowlands, which is also known as the region of eternal spring. The climate is warm-temperate.
The mean annual temperature is just under 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and just under 20 ° C from October to December. Annual precipitation is only around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm and a short humidity period from December to February with 90–120 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Catachilla Baja is located 21 kilometers east of the city of Cochabamba on the Ruta 4 highway , which crosses the entire country in a west-east direction with a length of 1,657 kilometers.
The road begins in the west at Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border and after 392 kilometers reaches the city of Sacaba five kilometers west of Catachilla Baja . The road then continues in an easterly direction via Santa Cruz to Puerto Suárez in the Brazilian border area. Apart from the last 700 kilometers to the east, the road is paved throughout.
population
The population of the village had more than doubled in the last decade of the last century:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 899 | census |
| 2001 | 1 690 | census |
| 2012 | . | census |
Despite the high degree of urbanization , the region still has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Sacaba 65.2 percent of the population speak the Quechua 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 26, 2011 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; 11.63 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Punata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)
- Municipio Sacaba - General Maps No. 31001
- Municipio Sacaba - detailed map and population data (PDF; 471 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )