Cotapata (Nor Yungas)
| Cotapata | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 44 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3196 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1401-0102-7001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 17 ′ S , 67 ° 51 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Nor Yungas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Chuspipata |
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Cotapata is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cotapata is a small town in the canton of Pacollo in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Coroico in the province of Nor Yungas . The municipality is located at an altitude of 3196 m on a ridge above the Río Elena, which joins the Río Huarinilla to the Río Coroico a few kilometers downstream at the village of Huarinilla .
geography
Cotapata located on the eastern edge of the Cordillera Real on the edge of the Yungas region, the transition between the highlands of the Andes ( Altiplano ) and the tropical lowlands of the Amazon - Rainforest forms. The climate at this altitude is a typical daytime climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature of the village is 17.4 ° C (see climate diagram Chuspipata), the monthly average values fluctuate between 15 ° C in June / July and 19 ° C in November / December. The average daily maximum temperatures are between 23 ° C and 26 ° C all year round, the nocturnal minimum temperatures are around 6 ° C in June / July and 13 ° C from December to February. The average annual precipitation is 725 mm, with a dry season with monthly values below 20 mm from May to August and monthly highs of more than 100 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Chuspipata is located 52 kilometers by road northeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 3 leads via Cotapata to Coroico and another 515 kilometers to Trinidad on the Río Mamoré . The old connection between La Paz and Coroico via Cotapata is called "Road of Death" ( Ruta de la muerte ), mainly because of the enormous difference in altitude between valley and mountain and especially because of the many traffic fatalities that accidents on this unpaved road every year. The old route is described in many travel guides as the "deadliest road in the world" and attracts tourists in this regard; Among other things, there are guided mountain bike tours on it. Between 1970 and 1985 the first section of the road from La Paz to Cotapata was paved; A new route between Cotapata and Santa Bárbara has also been in operation since 2007, leaving the old route two kilometers east of Cotapata in a northerly direction.
population
The population of the village was 44 people in the last census in 2012 . Due to the historical population development, the Aymara population is predominant in the Municipio Coroico , 62.1 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ GEO travel community ( accessed May 17, 2012 )
- ↑ INE social data 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
- Photos and sketch map of Cotapata
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Coroico - detailed map and population data (PDF; 571 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Coroico - General Maps No. 21401
- Department of La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )