Cocotoní
| Cocotoní | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 478 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3845 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0201-0570-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 9 ′ S , 68 ° 51 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Omasuyos Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Achacachi |
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Cocotoní is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cocotoní is the largest town in the Jankho Amaya canton in the Achacachi municipality in the Omasuyos province . The village is located at an altitude of 3845 m in a valley open to the south-west to the lakeshore in the south-eastern section of Lake Titicaca , eight kilometers north of the Strait of Tiquina .
geography
The climate in the Cocotoní area is derived from the altitude on the Altiplano and the proximity to the large water surface of Lake Titicaca, which mitigates the temperature fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see climate diagram Achacachi), with the monthly average in the coldest month (July) at 8 ° C only slightly deviating from the warmest month (November to March) at 12 ° C. The climate is arid from June to August with only sporadic rainfall, and it is humid in the summer months, especially from December to March, with monthly rainfall of more than 100 mm. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm.
Transport network
Cocotoní is 97 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 via El Alto in a north-westerly direction 70 kilometers to Huarina, from there along the shores of Lake Titicaca via Huatajata , Chua Cocani and Jankho Amaya to the Strait of Tiquina and on to Copacabana and Khasani . On the western edge of Jankho Amaya, a side street branches off in a north-westerly direction and continues past Cocotoní along the coastline to Santiago de Huata .
population
The population of Cocotoní has grown by about a third over the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 354 | census |
| 2012 | 478 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Achacachi - to which the Huatajata region belonged until August 2010 - 94.1 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original dated November 29, 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)
- Relief map of the Santiago de Huata region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 1.63 kB)
- Municipio Achacachi - General Maps No. 20201
- Municipio Achacachi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 671 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )