Charobamba
Charobamba | ||
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![]() Yungas in Bolivia |
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Basic data | ||
Residents (state) | 133 pop. (2012 census) | |
height | 797 m | |
Post Code | 02-1105-0400-2001 | |
Telephone code | (+591) | |
Coordinates | 16 ° 13 ′ S , 67 ° 13 ′ W | |
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politics | ||
Department | La Paz | |
province | South Yungas Province | |
climate | ||
![]() Climate diagram La Asunta |
Charobamba is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Charobamba is the second largest town in the Chamaca canton in the La Asunta district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) in the Sud Yungas province . The village is located at an altitude of 797 m on the left, western bank of the Río Boopi .
geography
Charobamba lies in the Bolivian Yungas 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
Charobamba is located 175 kilometers east of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz the paved road Ruta 3 leads in a north-easterly direction for 60 kilometers to Unduavi , from there the unpaved Ruta 25 branches off in a south-easterly direction along the Río Unduavi and after 70 kilometers it reaches Chulumani . From there, a dirt road leads twenty kilometers via Tajma to Pasto Pata . From Pasto Pata a road leads ten kilometers down a stream valley into the valley of the Río Tamampaya , overcoming a difference of 750 meters in altitude. The road crosses the river and continues past Villa Barrientos for a further eighteen kilometers along its left, northern bank to the confluence with the Río Boopi . From there it is another thirteen kilometers down the Río Boopi via Yanamayu and Chamaca to Charobamba .
population
The population of the place has increased significantly in the past decade:
year | Residents | source |
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1992 | no detailed data | census |
2001 | 84 | census |
2012 | 133 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of La Asunta 59.3 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2017 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 March 29, 2016 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 October 29, 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; 4.4 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of Bolivia from 1: 2,000 GeoBolivia
- Municipio Chulumani - General Maps No. 21101
- Municipio Chulumani - detailed map and population data (PDF; 361 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )