Caxata
| Caxata | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 357 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 4408 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0903-0200-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 9 ′ S , 67 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Loayza Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Caxata |
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Caxata (also: Cacsata ) is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Caxata is the central location of the canton of Caxata in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Yaco in the province of Loayza . The village of Caxata is located in the Serranía de Sicasica at an altitude of 4408 m on one of the tributaries to the Río Yaco , which later flows into the Río Luribay . Lead , zinc and copper ores are mined near Caxata, and Mottramite deposits are also found here .
geography
Caxata 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 7 ° C and fluctuates between 3 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C in November / December (see Caxata climate diagram). Annual precipitation is 500 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to July and monthly precipitation of more than 100 mm in January and February.
Infrastructure
Caxata is 197 kilometers by road southeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the asphalt leads highway Ruta 2 west to El Alto , from there 129 kilometers to the south, the Ruta 1 on Sica Sica after Konani , 80 kilometers off Oruro . From there an unpaved country road leads north-east to Quime and after 55 kilometers, halfway there, passes the village of Caxata .
population
The population of the village has decreased by about a third in the decade between the last two censuses :
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 445 | census |
| 2001 | 317 | census |
| 2012 | 357 | census |
Due to the population structure that has evolved over time, the Aymara population is predominant in Caxata , while 97.5 percent of the population in the Municipio Yaco 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
- Municipio Yaco - General Maps No. 20903
- Municipio Yaco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 485 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )