Escoma
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 Escoma |
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| Residents (state) | 1162 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3832 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0405-0302-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 40 ′ S , 69 ° 8 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Eliodoro Camacho Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Puerto Acosta |
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Escoma is a town in the La Paz department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Escoma is a central place in the 2009 newly formed district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Escoma , previously part of the Municipio Puerto Acosta , in the province of Eliodoro Camacho . The village is located at an altitude of 3832 m on the Bolivian plateau on the eastern bank of Lake Titicaca at the mouth of the Río Suches .
geography
Escoma is located on the Altiplano on the western edge of the Bolivian Cordillera Real . The climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are greater than during the year.
The average temperature of the region is just under 9 ° C (see climate diagram Puerto Acosta), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between almost 6 ° C in July and a good 10 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is about 850 mm, the monthly values are between under 15 mm in June to August and a humidity period with values between 120 and 170 mm from December to March.
Transport network
Escoma is located at a distance of 167 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
La Paz leads the paved highway Ruta 2 north 70 km to Huarina from more there 97 km the Ruta 16 through Achacachi , Ancoraimes and Puerto Carabuco by Escoma . To the northwest, a branch line leads to the country town of Puerto Acosta , and from Escoma to the north, Ruta 16 continues towards Charazani .
population
The population of the village has increased roughly threefold in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 257 | census |
| 2001 | 576 | census |
| 2012 | 1 162 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population; in the municipality of Puerto Acosta in the 2001 borders, 97.3 percent of the population spoke the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ley 4004 of February 6, 2009
- ↑ 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 September 24, 2015 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 ( 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 Puno / Titicaca region 1: 250,000 (JPG; 8.56 MB)
- Municipio Puerto Acosta - General Maps No. 20401
- Municipio Puerto Acosta - detailed map and population data (PDF; 473 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )
