Challapata Belén
| Challapata Belén | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 176 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3836 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0405-0400-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 42 ′ S , 69 ° 9 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Eliodoro Camacho Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Escoma |
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Challapata Belén is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Challapata Belen is the central place of the canton Península de Challapata in the 2009 newly formed district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Escoma , previously part of the Municipio Puerto Acosta , in the province of Eliodoro Camacho . The village is located at an altitude of 3836 m on the Challapata peninsula ( Península de Challapata ) on the eastern bank of Lake Titicaca at the mouth of the Río Suches .
geography
Challapata Belén is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between Lake Titicaca in the west and the Cordillera Muñecas in the east. The climate of the region is a typical daytime climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The mean average temperature of the region is 8 to 9 ° C (see Escoma climate diagram). The monthly averages vary only insignificantly between June / July (5–6 ° C) and November / December (10 ° C). The mean annual precipitation is about 800 mm, the monthly values in the arid period are between under 20 mm from June to August and a humidity period from December to March with values between 120 and 165 mm.
Transport network
Challapata Belen is 173 kilometers by road north 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 97 km the Ruta 16 through Achacachi , Ancoraimes and Puerto Carabuco by Escoma . From Escoma to the northwest, a branch line leads to the rural town of Puerto Acosta , and to the north, Ruta 16 continues towards Charazani . In Escoma, a dirt road branches off from Ruta 16 in a south-westerly direction, follows the Río Suches to the south and reaches Challapata Belén after six kilometers past the village of Collasuyo .
population
The population of the village has increased by around half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 114 | census |
| 2001 | 203 | census |
| 2012 | 176 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population; in the municipality of Puerto Acosta in the 2001 borders, 97.3 percent of the population spoke the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ley 4004 of February 6, 2009
- ↑ 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 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.
- ↑ 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
- Relief map of the Puno / Titicaca region 1: 250,000 (JPG; 8.56 MB)
- Municipio Puerto Acosta - detailed map and population data (PDF; 408 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Puerto Acosta - General Maps No. 20401
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )
