Collana
| Collana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2064 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 183 | ||
| height | 3964 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1307-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 54 ′ S , 68 ° 17 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Provincial flavor | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Viacha |
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Collana is a country town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Collana is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Collana in the province of Aroma and is located at an altitude of 3964 m . To the east of Collana, the wide plain of the Bolivian highlands extends to the Serranía de Sicasica , directly to the west of the town is a north-south oriented mountain range that rises to 4,500 m.
geography
Collana is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The region's climate is typical of the time of day , in which the mean fluctuation in temperatures during the day is more pronounced than during the year.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 9 ° C (see Viacha climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only insignificantly between 6 ° C in July and 10 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months of June and July and over 100 mm in January and February.
Transport network
Collana is 64 kilometers by road from La Paz , the capital of the department.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto , from there 33 kilometers south on Ruta 1 to the town of San Antonio de Senkata . From San Antonio you can reach Collana after eighteen kilometers in a south-westerly direction via a dirt road.
population
The population of the place has increased by more than half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 282 | census |
| 2001 | 1 856 | census |
| 2012 | 2,064 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Collana 86.5 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 from September 24, 2015 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 - 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 La Paz South region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 8.4 MB)
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Collana - General Maps No. 21307
- Municipio Collana - detailed map and population data (PDF; 355 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )