Charapaxi
| Charapaxi | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 282 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2300 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1006-0200-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 50 ′ S , 67 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Inquisivi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cajuata |
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Charapaxi is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Charapaxi is the central place of the Cantón Charapaxi in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Licoma Pampa in the province Inquisivi and is located at an altitude of 2300 m twenty-five kilometers east of the snow-capped peaks of the Cordillera Real between the villages of Licoma and Inquisivi .
geography
Charapaxi is located in one of the valleys on the east side of the Quimsa Cruz cordillera , between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands in the east.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 19 ° C (see climate diagram Cajuata), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between a good 16 ° C in June and July and a good 20 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is about 900 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to August and a wet season from December to March.
Transport network
Charapaxi is located at a distance of 261 kilometers by road east of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the asphalted highway Ruta 3 leads 60 kilometers northeast to Unduavi , from there the unpaved Ruta 25 branches off in a southeast direction and after 69 kilometers reaches Chulumani . From there it leads via the localities of Irupana and Cajuata to Charapaxi and on to Inquisivi and Independencia (Ayopaya) . After a total of 481 kilometers, the Ruta 25 meets the Ruta 4 near Vinto , which reaches Cochabamba for a further fifteen kilometers .
population
The population of Charapaxi has increased slightly over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 244 | census |
| 2001 | 229 | census |
| 2012 | 282 | census |
The region has a high proportion of indigenous Aymara population, in the Municipio Licoma Pampa 59.6 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 from December 15, 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.
- ↑ Social data of the Municipios in the Departamento (Spanish) ( 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 Inquisivi region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.67 MB)
- Municipio Licoma Pampa - detailed map and population data (PDF; 370 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Licoma Pampa - General Maps No. 21006
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )