Coimata
| Coimata | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 523 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2024 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0501-1100-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 30 ′ S , 64 ° 48 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Province of Eustaquio Méndez | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tarija |
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Coimata is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Coimata is the central place of the canton Tomatas in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Lorenzo in the province Eustaquio Méndez . The scattered settlement of Coimata is located at an altitude of 2024 m between Río Erquis and Río Victoria , both of which flow into the Río Nuevo Guadalquivir .
geography
Coimata lies on the southeastern edge of the plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano on the transition to the lowlands. Due to the inland location, the climate is dry for more than half of the year, but much less harsh than the plateau and has a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature of the region is 19 ° C (see climate diagram Tarija) and fluctuates only slightly between 15 ° C in June / July and 22 ° C from December to February. The annual precipitation is about 550 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 30 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with over 100 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the village has remained almost unchanged in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no data | census |
| 2001 | 517 | census |
| 2012 | 523 | census |
Transport network
Coimata is nine kilometers by road west of Tarija , the capital of the department of the same name.
The asphalted highway Ruta 1 leads through Tarija, which crosses the entire Bolivian highlands in a south-north direction from Bermejo in the south on the Argentine border to the Peruvian border at Desaguadero and, besides Tarija, also passes the metropolises Potosí , Oruro and El Alto . Ruta 1 crosses the Río Guadalquivir five kilometers northwest of the center of Tarija , and directly beyond the bridge a country road branches off in a westerly direction to La Pampa , La Victoria and Rincón de la Victoria , from which a side road leads to Coimata .
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 from January 16, 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.
Web links
- Relief map of the Tarija region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.07 MB)
- Municipio Villa San Lorenzo - General Maps No. 60501
- Municipio Villa San Lorenzo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 514 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )