Corpa (La Paz)
| Corpa | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 783 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3873 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0806-1800-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 41 ′ S , 68 ° 52 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Ingavi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Comanche |
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Corpa is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Corpa is the central place in the canton of Villa Asunción de Machaca and the most populous place in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Jesús de Machaca in the province of Ingavi . Corpa is located at an altitude of 3873 m, fifteen kilometers south of Lake Titicaca on the western edge of the Río Desaguadero , halfway between the village of Jesús de Machaca and Desaguadero . To the northeast of Jesús runs a long ridge that rises to a height of 4,826 m.
geography
Corpa lies between the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east in the Andean dry climate of the Altiplano with an average annual rainfall of around 600 mm (see Comanche climate diagram). The region has a distinctive time-of-day climate in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than in the course of the seasons.
The mean annual temperature of the region is 7 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate only slightly 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
Corpa is located at a distance of 124 kilometers by road southwest of La Paz , the capital of the department.
From La Paz the paved road Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto , from there the Ruta 19 another 23 kilometers to the southwest to Viacha . Here the unpaved Ruta 43 branches off in a south-westerly direction, from which a country road branches off in a westerly direction after 43 kilometers and after another 34 kilometers via Jesús de Machaca reaches the village of Corpa . From there the road continues to Desaguadero on the south bank of Lake Titicaca.
population
The town's population has tripled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 264 | census |
| 2001 | 418 | census |
| 2012 | 783 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Jesús de Machaca 97.2 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 dated December 13, 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.
- ↑ 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; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Jesús de Machaca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 576 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Jesús de Machaca - General Maps No. 20806
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )