Cuchumuela
| Cuchumuela | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 627 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2894 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1405-0100-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 39 ′ S , 65 ° 48 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Punata Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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Cuchumuela (also: Kuchu Muela or Gualberto Villarroel ) is a town in the Cochabamba department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cuchumuela is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Cuchumuela in the province of Punata and is located on the southeast edge of the 490 km² fertile plateau of the Valle Alto . The village is located at an altitude of 2894 m about ten kilometers from the edge of the Cordillera Oriental , which rises to over 3,600 m east of Cuchumuela and 4,100 m north of Punata .
geography
Cuchumuela lies in the transition area between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba) and fluctuates only slightly between 14 ° C in June and July and 20 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is about 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 90–110 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Cuchumuela lies at a distance of sixty kilometers by road southeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Cochabamba, the paved highway Ruta 7 leads forty kilometers southeast to San Benito , from there a dirt road six kilometers further southeast to Punata and another fourteen kilometers via Villa Rivero and Tacachi to Cuchumuela .
population
The population of the village has almost doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 344 | census |
| 2001 | 448 | census |
| 2012 | 627 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Cuchumuela 97.7 percent of the population speak the Quechua 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 from March 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.
- ↑ 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
- Municipio Cuchumuela - detailed map and population data (PDF; 216 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Cuchumuela - General Maps No. 31405
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )