Chijipina Grande
| Chijipina Grande | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1104 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3832 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0201-0101-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 0 ′ S , 68 ° 42 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Omasuyos Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Achacachi |
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Chijipina Grande is a scattered agricultural settlement in the La Paz department on the Altiplano of the South American Andes high mountains in Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Chijipina Grande is the second largest town in the canton of Achacachi in the municipality of Achacachi in the province of Omasuyos . The village is located at an altitude of 3832 m on the estuary of the Río Tambo, which flows four kilometers downstream into the Gulf of Achacachi, a bay in the southeast part of Lake Titicaca .
geography
The climate in the Chijipina area is derived from the altitude on the Altiplano and the proximity to the large body of water of Lake Titicaca, which mitigates temperature fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see Achacachi climate diagram), with the monthly average in the coldest month (July) at 8 ° C only slightly deviating from the warmest months (November to March) at 12 ° C. The climate is arid from June to August with only sporadic rainfall and humid in the summer months, especially from December to March, with monthly rainfall of more than 100 mm. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm.
population
The population of the village has increased slightly in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 1 008 | census |
| 2012 | 1 104 | census |
Transport network
The village is located at a distance of 102 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department.
From La Paz, the asphalt national road Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto and further north-west via Vilaque and Palcoco to Batallas . From here the route 2 continues to Copacabana on Lake Titicaca, at Huarina the route 16 branches off to the north, which leads to Achacachi and six kilometers further north to Chijipina Grande . In the further course the Ruta 16 leads along the Peruvian border into the Bolivian lowlands.
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Relief map of the Sorata region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.0 MB)
- Relief map of the Warizata region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 1.28 kB)
- Municipio Achacachi - General Maps No. 20201
- Municipio Achacachi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 671 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )