Choro Grande

Choro Grande
Basic data
Residents (state)	424 pop. (2012 census)
height	1682 m
Post Code	02-1402-0371-0001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	16 ° 17 ′ S , 67 ° 40 ′ W Coordinates: 16 ° 17 ′ S , 67 ° 40 ′ W
	Choro Grande
	Choro Grande
politics
Department	La Paz
province	Nor Yungas Province
climate
	; Coroico climate diagram

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

Location in the vicinity

Choro Grande is a neighboring town of Trinidad Pampa , the second largest town in the Arapata canton in the Coripata municipality in the Nor Yungas province . The village is located at an altitude of 1682 m on the left, western bank of the Río Peri, a left tributary of the Río Tamampaya , which flows north and flows into the Río Beni .

geography

Choro Grande is located in the transition area between the Altiplano and the Cordillera Real in the west and the foothills of the Amazon lowlands in the east.

The annual precipitation here in the subtropical Yungas is 1100 mm (see Coroico climate diagram) and has a clear dry season from May to August and a rainy season from December to February. The monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 20 ° C and 25 ° C, during the day it is warm in summer and pleasantly cool at night.

Transport network

Choro Grande is located 113 kilometers by road northeast of La Paz , the capital of the department.

From La Paz, the asphalted national road Ruta 3 leads in a northeasterly direction 52 kilometers to Cotapata and from there as a gravel road over 35 kilometers to Coroico . Here the Ruta 40 branches off to the southeast, after 29 kilometers it reaches Choro Grande and from there continues via Trinidad Pampa and Coripata to Puente Villa , where it meets the Ruta 25 , which continues in a southeastern direction to Inquisivi and Cochabamba .

population

The population of the village has increased significantly over the past decade, especially in the El Choro district:

year	Residents	source
1992	no detailed data	census
2001	122	census
2012	424	census

Due to the historical population development in the Municipio Coripata, the Aymara population is predominant, 72.3 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .