Coipasa
| Coipasa | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 742 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3692 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0902-0100-1004 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 17 ′ S , 68 ° 17 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sabaya Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Sabaya |
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Coipasa is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Coipasa is the central place of the Municipio Coipasa in the province of Sabaya . The village is located on the Bolivian Altiplano at an altitude of 3692 m in the northeastern part of about 135 km² island Pucarani in salt lake Salar de Coipasa .
geography
The climate in the region is semi-arid , the annual precipitation is only 200 mm (see climate diagram Sabaya). From April to November there is a dry season with monthly values of less than 10 mm of precipitation, the wet season in summer is short and the rain is not very productive. The annual average temperature is almost 7 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost .
The vegetation in the region corresponds to the semi-arid puna . It is treeless and mainly consists of thorn bushes , grasses , succulents and cushion plants . It is used economically as a llama , alpaca and sheep pasture .
Transport network
Coipasa is located 239 kilometers southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Oruro, the largely unpaved national road Ruta 12 leads 189 kilometers in a south-westerly direction via Ancaravi and Huachacalla to Sabaya and on to Pisiga on the Chilean border. An unpaved road leads south from Sabaya and reaches Coipasa after about 50 kilometers .
population
The population of the village has almost doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 314 | census |
| 2001 | 484 | census |
| 2012 | 742 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Coipasa 51.9 percent of the population speak Aymara .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carola Dörrie, Soil and Vegetation in the Huachacalla Area (PDF; 22.9 MB)
- ↑ 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 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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 Salinas de Garci-Mendoza region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.44 MB)
- Municipio Coipasa - General Maps No. 40902
- Municipio Coipasa - detailed map and population data (PDF; 355 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )