Combaya
| Combaya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 897 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3217 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0605-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 48 ′ S , 68 ° 45 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Larecaja Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Sorata |
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Combaya is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Combaya is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Combaya in the province of Larecaja . The village is located at an altitude of 3217 m on a plateau above one of the tributaries to the Río San Cristobál , the water of which flows into the Río Mapiri .
geography
Combaya is located east of the Bolivian Altiplano in the Cordillera Muñecas , which is part of the high mountain range of the Cordillera Central . The region has a distinctive time-of-day climate in which the mean temperature fluctuation over the course of the day is more pronounced than over the course of the seasons.
The mean annual temperature of the region is 18 ° C (see Sorata climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 15 ° C in July and 20 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is 650 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months of June and July and 100 to 125 mm from December to February.
traffic
Combaya is located at a distance of 132 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz the asphalted highway Ruta 2 leads 70 kilometers northwest to Huarina , from there the Ruta 16 branches off in a northerly direction , which reaches Achacachi after 23 kilometers and then continues on the east bank of Lake Titicaca towards Ancoraimes . After 17 kilometers an unpaved road turns northeast into the valleys of the Cordillera Muñecas, passes Sorejaya and after 22 kilometers reaches Combaya .
population
The population of the village has more than tripled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 288 | census |
| 2001 | 424 | census |
| 2012 | 897 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Combaya 98.5 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 of 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 - 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 La Paz 2001 ( 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 file; 11.63 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Sorata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 12.81 MB)
- Municipio Combaya - General Maps No. 20605
- Municipio Combaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 357 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )