Chajlaya
| Chajlaya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 699 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3122 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0501-0500-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 33 ′ S , 68 ° 56 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Muñecas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Mocomoco |
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Chajlaya is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Chajlaya is the largest village in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Chuma in the province of Muñecas . The scattered settlement Chajlaya is located in a high valley in the northwestern part of the Cordillera Muñecas at an altitude of 3122 m , about thirty kilometers from the east bank of Lake Titicaca .
geography
Chajlaya is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the western edge of the Cordillera Real . The climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature of the region is just under 14 ° C (see climate diagram Mocomoco), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 11 ° C in June / July and 15 ° C from October to March. The annual precipitation is around 750 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 20 mm from July to August and 100 to 150 mm from December to March.
Transport network
Chajlaya is located at a distance of 207 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz the paved road Ruta 2 leads 70 kilometers north to Huarina , from there in a north-westerly direction Ruta 16 via Achacachi , Ancoraimes and Puerto Carabuco to Escoma . From there, Ruta 16 turns northeast towards Charazani . After 20 kilometers a dirt road branches off to the east and after another 20 kilometers reaches Chajlaya .
population
The population of the village has almost doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 470 | census |
| 2001 | 663 | census |
| 2012 | 699 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Chuma 88.5 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 file; 11.63 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Sorata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 12.81 MB)
- Municipio Chuma - detailed map and population data (PDF; 628 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Chuma - General Maps No. 20501
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )