Coacollo
| Coacollo | |||
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 Lake Titicaca near Coacollo |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 623 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3847 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0807-0500-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 28 ′ S , 68 ° 54 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Ingavi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Desaguadero climate diagram |
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Coacollo is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Coacollo is the largest village in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Taraco in the province of Ingavi . The village is located on the Taraco Peninsula in the southern part of Lake Titicaca at an altitude of 3846 m on the edge of the one to two kilometers wide coastal plain. 30 kilometers further southeast is Tiahuanaco , the internationally known world cultural heritage site - ruins from the pre-Inca culture .
geography
Coacollo lies between the Andean mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Oriental . The climate is typical of the time of day , in which the mean temperature differences during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature is almost 8 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 7 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C from November to March. The mean annual precipitation is about 670 mm (see climate diagram Desaguadero) and falls above all in the months of December to March with more than 100 mm per month, from May to August there is a dry season with monthly precipitation below 15 mm.
Transport network
Coacollo is located at a distance of 105 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 2 leads for thirteen kilometers to El Alto , from there Ruta 1 another 63 kilometers in a westerly direction to Tiwanacu . From there a dirt road leads via Pillapi San Agustín and Taraco in a north-westerly direction to Coacollo .
population
The population of Coacollo has increased slightly over the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 596 | census |
| 2012 | 623 | census |
Due to the historical development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Tiahuanacu 97.1 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
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Taraco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 317 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Taraco - General Maps No. 20807
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )