Chilahuala
| Chilahuala | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 149 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3766 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1801-0200-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 29 ′ S , 68 ° 1 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Gualberto Villarroel Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Callapa climate diagram |
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Chilahuala (also Puerto Chilahuala ) is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Chilahuala is the third largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of San Pedro de Curahuara and is located in the province of Gualberto Villarroel . The village is located at an altitude of 3766 m on a river crossing over the Río Desaguadero , which connects Lake Titicaca with Lake Poopó .
geography
Chilahuala lies on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The climate of the region is a typical daytime climate , in which the mean fluctuation of day and night temperatures is more pronounced than that of the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature of the region is 8 to 9 ° C (see Callapa climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 5 ° C in July and a good 10 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is almost 400 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months of May to August and 100 mm in December.
Transport network
Chilahuala lies at a distance of 148 kilometers by road south of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved highway Ruta 2 leads to El Alto , from there Ruta 1 in a southerly direction as an asphalt road to Patacamaya , then Ruta 4 in a south-westerly direction to Cañaviri . From there you can take an unpaved road south via Umala to Chilahuala and after another 37 kilometers in a south-westerly direction you reach San Pedro de Curahuara , the administrative seat of the province.
population
The population of the settlement has been subject to significant fluctuations over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 131 | census |
| 2001 | 220 | census |
| 2012 | 149 | census |
Due to the historical development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of San Pedro de Curahuara 96.8 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 September 24, 2015 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 - 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 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; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Corocoro region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.8 MB)
- Municipio San Pedro - detailed map and population data (PDF; 436 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio San Pedro - General Maps No. 21801
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )