Guaqui
| Guaqui | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 768 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3842 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0802-0101-9001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 36 ′ S , 68 ° 50 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Ingavi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Desaguadero climate diagram |
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Guaqui is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The town of Guaqui is the central place of the canton Guaqui in the district of the same name ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Guaqui and is located in the province of Ingavi at an altitude of 3842 m on Lake Titicaca . Almost two kilometers northwest of Guaqui on the lakeshore is Puerto Guaqui , the most important Bolivian port on Lake Titicaca and in the southern section of the lake " Wiñaymarka ".
geography
Guaqui is located between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Oriental in the Andean dry climate of the Altiplano and has been affected by significant water level fluctuations in the lake over the past three millennia. The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the temperature differences during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature is almost 8 ° C (see climate diagram Desaguadero), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 5 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C from November to March. The mean annual precipitation is about 670 mm and falls mainly in the months of December to March with 100 to 150 mm per month, from May to August there is a dry season with monthly precipitation below 15 mm.
Transport network
Guaqui is located 85 kilometers by road west of the capital of the department, La Paz .
From La Paz the paved road Ruta 2 leads thirteen kilometers west to El Alto , from there Ruta 1 over 72 kilometers southwest via Laja and Tiawanacu on to Guaqui.
population
The population of the village has increased by around half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 504 | census |
| 2001 | 695 | census |
| 2012 | 768 | census |
Due to the historical development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Guaqui 87.9 percent of the population speak the Aymara 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 dated December 10, 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 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 La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Guaqui - General Maps No. 20802
- Municipio Guaqui - detailed map and population data (PDF; 325 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )