Chucamarca
| Chucamarca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 310 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 4004 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0903-0400-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 6 ′ S , 67 ° 27 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Loayza Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Caxata |
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Chucamarca is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Chucamarca is the central place of the canton Chucamarca in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Yaco in the province of Loayza . The village of Yaco is the most populous place in the Municipio Yaco and is located in the Serranía de Sicasica mountain range at an altitude of 4004 m .
geography
Chucamarca lies between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands in the east. The region has a typical daytime climate in which the mean temperature differences between day and night are greater than the temperature differences between the seasons.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 7 ° C and fluctuates between 3 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C in November / December (see Caxata climate diagram). Annual precipitation is 500 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to July and monthly precipitation of more than 100 mm in January and February.
Transport network
Chucamarca is located at a distance of 215 kilometers by road southeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the asphalted highway Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto , from there 129 kilometers to the south Ruta 1 via Sica Sica to Konani . Here a country road branches off to the northeast and leads over 73 kilometers via the villages of Villa Puchuni and Tablachaca to Chucamarca .
population
The population of Chucamarca has fluctuated significantly over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 319 | census |
| 2001 | 802 | census |
| 2013 | 310 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the Aymara population is predominant in Yaco , in the Municipio Yaco 97.5 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 dated December 13, 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 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
- Municipio Yaco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 485 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Yaco - General Maps No. 20903
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )