Chaguaya (La Paz)

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Chaguaya
Basic data
Residents (state) 794 pop. (2012 census)
height 3852  m
Post Code 02-0403-0371-5001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 15 ° 48 ′  S , 69 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 48 ′  S , 69 ° 2 ′  W
Chaguaya (Bolivia)
Chaguaya
Chaguaya
politics
Department La Paz
province Eliodoro Camacho Province
climate
Climate diagram Quilima
Climate diagram Quilima

Chaguaya (also: Chaguaya Centro ) is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

Chaguaya is the central place of the canton of Puerto Chaguaya in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Puerto Carabuco in the province of Eliodoro Camacho . The village is located at an altitude of 3852  m in the Bolivian highlands on the eastern bank of Lake Titicaca .

geography

Chaguaya is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the western edge of the Cordillera Real . The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with the mean temperature fluctuation during the day being more pronounced than during the seasons.

The annual average temperature of the region is 9 ° C (see climate diagram Quilima), the monthly values ​​fluctuate between almost 7 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation is about 750 mm, the monthly precipitation is less than 15 mm from June to August and over 100 mm from December to March.

Transport network

Chaguaya is located at a distance of 149 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.

La Paz leads the paved highway Ruta 2 north 70 km to Huarina from more there 79 km the Ruta 16 through Achacachi and Ancoraimes after Chaguaya from where the road continues to Puerto Carabuco leads.

population

The population of Chaguaya rose significantly in the decade between the two penultimate censuses. Detailed data from the 2012 census are not available for Chaguaya:

year Residents source
1992 489 census
2001 694 census
2012 794 census

Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Puerto Carabuco 95.6 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .

Individual evidence

  1. 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gob.bo
  2. INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gob.bo
  3. 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. 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)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gob.bo

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