Colopampa Grande

Colopampa Grande
	; Yungas in Bolivia
Basic data
Residents (state)	471 pop. (2012 census)
height	1365 m
Post Code	02-1105-1200-1001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	16 ° 17 ′ S , 67 ° 17 ′ W Coordinates: 16 ° 17 ′ S , 67 ° 17 ′ W
	Colopampa Grande
	Colopampa Grande
politics
Department	La Paz
province	South Yungas Province
climate
	; Climate diagram Chulumani

Colopampa Grande is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Colopampa Grande is the central place of the canton Colopampa Grande in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) La Asunta in the province Sud Yungas . The village is located at an altitude of 1365 m on the northern slope above the Río Boopi .

geography

Colopampa Grande is located in the Bolivian Yungas on the eastern slope of the high mountain ridge of the Cordillera Real . The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the mean fluctuation in daytime temperatures is more pronounced than the seasonal fluctuations.

The mean average temperature of the region is 21 ° C (see climate diagram Chulumani), the mean monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 18 ° C in July and 22 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is about 1150 mm, the monthly precipitation is between about 20 mm in the months of June and July and more than 150 mm from December to February.

Transport network

Colopampa Grande is 167 kilometers by road east of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.

From La Paz the paved road Ruta 3 leads in a north-easterly direction for 60 kilometers to Unduavi , from there the unpaved Ruta 25 branches off in a south-easterly direction along the Río Unduavi and after 70 kilometers it reaches Chulumani . From there, a dirt road leads twenty kilometers via Tajma to Pasto Pata . From Pasto Pata a road leads ten kilometers down a stream valley into the valley of the Río Tamampaya, overcoming a difference of 750 meters in altitude. The road crosses the river and runs through Villa Barrientos for a further ten miles along its left, northern bank. There, a side road winds five kilometers up the slope and then reaches Colopampa Grande via La Calzada and Santa Rosa .

population

The population of the place has increased significantly in the past decade:

year	Residents	source
1992	No data available	census
2001	372	census
2012	471	census

Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of La Asunta 59.3 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .