Charia

Charia
	; Yungas in Bolivia
Basic data
Residents (state)	523 pop. (2012 census)
height	822 m
Post Code	02-1105-0500-1001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	16 ° 4 ′ S , 67 ° 10 ′ W Coordinates: 16 ° 4 ′ S , 67 ° 10 ′ W
	Charia
	Charia
politics
Department	La Paz
province	South Yungas Province
climate
	; Climate diagram La Asunta

Charia is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Charia is the central place of the canton Charia in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) La Asunta in the Sud Yungas province . The village is located at an altitude of 822 m on the left bank of the Río Boopi , which forms from the Río de la Paz , which flows from La Paz from a south-westerly direction , and drains to the Río Beni .

geography

Charia is located on the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Cordillera Central between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera de Cocapata in the east.

The annual average temperature of the village is 23 ° C (see climate diagram La Asunta), the annual precipitation is about 1,300 mm. The region has a distinctive daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between a good 20 ° C in June / July and 25 ° C in November / December. The river valley has a short dry season with monthly precipitation of 25 mm in the months of June and July, in the wet season the monthly values reach up to 200 mm from December to February.

Transport network

Charia is 228 kilometers northeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name, by road.

From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 3 leads sixty kilometers eastwards over the La Cumbre pass to Unduavi , from where the Ruta 25 branches off , which continues as a dirt road in a south-easterly direction for seventy kilometers to Chulumani . From there an unpaved road continues to the northeast via Tajma . This road along the Río Boopi is repeatedly endangered by landslides and is not accessible all year round. After 87 kilometers you reach La Asunta , from there it continues downstream via Charia to Cotapata and Puerto Rico on the Río Boopi.

population

The population of the village has more than doubled in the past decade alone:

year	Residents	source
1992	no detailed data	census
2001	191	census
2012	523	census

Due to the historical population development, the region has a relatively high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of La Asunta 59.3 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .