Cotapachi
| Cotapachi | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 774 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2582 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0901-0100-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 25 ′ S , 66 ° 17 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Quillacollo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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Cotapachi is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cotapachi's fifth largest town in the canton of Quillacollo in the municipality of Quillacollo in the province of Quillacollo . The city is located at an altitude of 2582 m directly south of the city of Quillacollo on the left, southern bank of the Río Rocha .
climate
The climate in the plateau of Cochabamba is a subtropical high altitude climate, which is characterized more by fluctuations in precipitation than by temperature differences over the course of the year (see Cochabamba climate diagram).
The annual precipitation is 500 mm and has a clear dry season from April to October. The annual average temperature is 18 ° C, the monthly average values fluctuate between 15 and 20 ° C, the daily maximum values reach 25 to 30 ° C in all seasons.
Transport network
From Cochabamba, the capital of the department, the paved national road Ruta 4 leads thirteen kilometers west to Quillacollo , in the center of the city a side road branches off to the south and after crossing the Río Rocha reaches the town of Cotapachi .
population
The population of the village has been subject to strong fluctuations in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 393 | census |
| 2001 | 1 458 | census |
| 2012 | 774 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Quillacollo - despite the metropolitan transformation - 55.8 percent of the population still speak Quechua .
Individual evidence
- ↑ top-wetter.de ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2016 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.
- ↑ iten-online.ch
- ↑ 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 February 1, 2014 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 2001 ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2010 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. (PDF; 8.0 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Cochabamba region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Quillacollo - General Maps No. 30901
- Municipio Quillacollo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 434 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )