Cheka (Cajuata)
Cheka | ||
---|---|---|
Basic data | ||
Residents (state) | 189 pop. (2012 census) | |
height | 2052 m | |
Post Code | 02-1003-0400-5001 | |
Telephone code | (+591) | |
Coordinates | 16 ° 45 ′ S , 67 ° 13 ′ W | |
|
||
politics | ||
Department | La Paz | |
province | Inquisivi Province | |
climate | ||
Climate diagram Licoma |
Cheka ( also Checa ) is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cheka is the second largest town in the canton of Huaritolo in the municipality of Cajuata in the Inquisivi province . The village is located at an altitude of 2052 m , seventeen kilometers north of the village of Licoma on the left, northern bank of the Río Cheka.
geography
Cheka 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 22 ° C, the annual precipitation is 700 mm (see climate diagram). The region has a distinctive daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 18 ° C in June / July and 24 ° C in November / December. The months April to October are arid , the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months of June and July and between 130 and 150 mm from January to February.
Transport network
Cheka is located at a distance of 238 kilometers by road southeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved national road Ruta 3 leads sixty kilometers east to Unduavi , and from there Ruta 25 south-eastwards 178 kilometers via Chulumani and Irupana to Cheka and via Inquisivi on to Cochabamba . In Inquisivi the route 109 branches off in a south-westerly direction , crosses the Serranía de Sicasica and ends at Belén on route 1 , which connects the cities of La Paz and Oruro .
population
The population of the village has increased by about a fifth in the past decade:
year | Residents | source |
---|---|---|
1992 | no detailed data | census |
2001 | 156 | census |
2012 | 189 | census |
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ 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.
Web links
- Relief map of the Inquisivi region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.67 MB)
- Municipio Licoma Pampa - General Maps No. 21006
- Municipio Licoma Pampa - detailed map and population data (PDF; 370 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )