Coro Coro
| Coro Coro | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1853 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3980 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0301-0106-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 10 ′ S , 68 ° 27 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Pacajes Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Coro Coro |
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Coro Coro is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Coro Coro is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Coro Coro and the administrative seat of the province Pacajes . The village is located at an altitude of 3980 m on the Bolivian Altiplano , about seventy kilometers as the crow flies southeast of Lake Titicaca .
geography
Coro Coro is located in the Bolivian highlands between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The region has a distinct daytime climate, with mean temperatures fluctuating more during the day than during the year.
The annual average temperature of the region is 7 ° C (see Coro Coro climate diagram), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between just under 4 ° C in July and a good 8 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is 500 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm from May to August and 100 to 125 mm in January and February.
Transport network
Coro Coro is located 130 kilometers by road southwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz the dirt road Ruta 2 leads to El Alto , from there the Ruta 19 in a south-westerly direction via Viacha to Caquiaviri and on to Charaña on the Chilean border. From Caquiaviri a dirt road leads over thirty kilometers in a south-easterly direction to Coro Coro . The Arica – La Paz railway runs past Coro Coro from Chile to the Bolivian metropolis.
population
The population of the village has decreased slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 997 | census |
| 2001 | 1 884 | census |
| 2012 | 1 853 | census |
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 Corocoro region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.8 MB)
- Municipio Coro Coro - General Maps No. 20301
- Municipio Coro Coro - detailed map and population data (PDF; 780 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )