Cocapata
| Cocapata | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 401 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3600 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0303-0300-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 44 ′ S , 66 ° 36 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Ayopaya Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cocapata |
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Cocapata is a town in the Cochabamba department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cocapata is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Cocapata in the province of Ayopaya . The village is located on a vast plateau at an altitude of 3600 m on a tributary to the Río Cotacajes , which flows here in a northerly direction to the Río Beni .
geography
Cocapata lies between the Cordillera Mazo Cruz and the north-western sections of the Cordillera Oriental . The climate is a typical daytime climate , in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is just under 1 ° C (see Cocapata climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly over the course of the year between −2.5 ° C in June / July and 3 ° C in November. The annual rainfall is around 850 mm and is humid all year round , but fluctuates between rainfall of only 10 mm in June / July and maximum values of over 150 mm in January.
population
The population of the village has increased only slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 345 | census |
| 2001 | 411 | census |
| 2012 | 401 | census |
Due to the historically developed population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Morochata (from which the Municipio Cocapata emerged) 96.6% of the population speak the Quechua 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 11, 2013 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 2001 ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2010 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. (PDF; 8.0 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Inquisivi region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.67 MB)
- Municipio Morochata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.46 MB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Morochata - General Maps No. 30302
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )