Comanche (Pacajes)
| Comanche | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 492 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 4042 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0304-0107-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 57 ′ S , 68 ° 26 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Pacajes Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Comanche |
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Comanche is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Comanche is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Comanche in the province of Pacajes . The village is located on the Bolivian plateau at an altitude of 4042 m on the La Paz - Arica railway line .
geography
Comanche is located between the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central in the Andean dry climate of the Altiplano The region has a pronounced daytime air on, wherein the central temperature variations during the day be more pronounced than in the course of the seasons.
The mean annual temperature is 7 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate only marginally between 4 ° C in July and 8.5 ° C in December (see Comanche climate diagram). The average annual precipitation is about 560 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months May to August and just over 100 mm in January and February.
Transport network
Comanche is located 78 kilometers by road southwest of La Paz , the capital of the department.
From La Paz, the Ruta 2 trunk road leads to the neighboring town of El Alto , from there Ruta 19 in a south-westerly direction via Viacha towards Caquiaviri and on to Charaña on the Chilean border. Thirty kilometers south of Viacha, Ruta 19 leaves the parallel railway line and crosses the river valley to the west; from here a dirt road leads along the railway line for another thirteen kilometers to the south to Comanche and on to Coro Coro .
population
The population of the village has decreased by about a tenth between the last two censuses :
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 465 | census |
| 2001 | 410 | census |
| 2012 | 492 | census |
The population of the region is above all the indigenous people of the Aymara to 96.6 percent of the population of the municipality of Comanche speak Aymara .
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 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.
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio El Choro - General Maps No. 20304
- Municipio Comanche - detailed map and population data (PDF; 471 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )