Comarapa
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 Panoramic view of Comarapa |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 5315 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 85 | ||
| height | 1825 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-1301-0601-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 55 ′ S , 64 ° 32 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Manuel María Caballero Province | ||
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 Climate diagram Comarapa |
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Comarapa is a small town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Comarapa is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Comarapa and the administrative capital of the province of Manuel María Caballero . It is located at an altitude of 1825 m on the left bank of the Río Comarapa .
history
Comarapa was founded on June 11, 1615 under the name "Ciudad de Santa Maria de la Guardia y Mendoza" by order of the Viceroy of Peru . The new settlement was based on an old Inca fortress, the remains of which can still be found today.
geography
Comarapa is located on the south-eastern edge of the Cordillera Oriental mountain range , which forms the transition from the Bolivian lowlands to the high mountain ranges of the Andes. The climate is mild-temperate and a typical daytime climate in which the mean temperature differences between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature is 20 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 17 ° C in July and just under 22 ° C in November and December (see Comarapa climate diagram). The annual precipitation of 640 mm is sufficient for agriculture and reaches monthly values between 100 and 125 mm in the summer months from December to February; however, the dry season with values well below 40 mm from April to October is relatively long.
Transport network
Comarapa is about halfway between the departmental capitals Santa Cruz and Cochabamba .
From Santa Cruz, the paved road Ruta 9 leads over fourteen kilometers in a south-westerly direction to the junction of Ruta 7 . The Ruta 7 leads 227 kilometers through the cities La Angostura and Samaipata according Comarapa . From there the Ruta 7 leads another 260 kilometers in a north-westerly direction via Pojo and Epizana directly to Cochabamba, the capital of the Cochabamba department .
population
The population of the place has doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1969 | approx. 1 100 | estimate |
| 1992 | 3 221 | census |
| 2001 | 4 092 | census |
| 2012 | 5 315 | census |
Sons and daughters
- Juan Gómez (* 1962), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Cochabamba
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures
- ↑ 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 December 17, 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.
- ↑ 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
- Municipio Comarapa - Information from the Gobierno Autónomo Departamental ( Spanish )
- Relief map of the Punata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)
- Municipio Comarapa - General Maps No. 71301
- Municipio Comarapa - detailed map and population data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 1.18 MB)
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 5.12 MB)