Epizana
| Epizana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 253 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2870 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1201-0105-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 38 ′ S , 65 ° 14 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Carrasco Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Totora |
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Epizana is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Epizana is the second largest town in the Municipio Totora in the province of Carrasco . The village is located at an altitude of 2870 m on the banks of the Río Chimba , which drains in a westerly direction to the Río Mizque .
geography
Epizana is located in one of the high valleys of the Cordillera Oriental mountain range , which merges eastward into the Bolivian lowlands. The climate of the region is characterized by a typical daytime climate in which the temperature differences between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature is 14 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate between 11 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C in November / December (see Totora climate diagram). The annual precipitation is 600 mm and falls mainly in the summer months from December to February with monthly values of 100 to 125 mm; This contrasts with a dry season from May to October with monthly precipitation of less than 30 mm.
traffic
Epizana is located at a distance of 129 kilometers by road southeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Cochabamba the paved road Ruta 7 leads via Tolata to Epizana and on via Pojo , Comarapa and La Angostura to the lowland metropolis of Santa Cruz . In Epizana a dirt road branches off to the south and leads via Totora to Aiquile .
population
The population of the village has halved in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 510 | census |
| 2001 | 437 | census |
| 2012 | 253 | census |
Due to the historically developed population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Totora 97.8 percent of the population speak Quechua .
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 24, 2013 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; 7.6 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Punata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)
- Municipio Totora - detailed map and population data (PDF; 368 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Totora - General Maps No. 31201
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )