Guaraya
| Guaraya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 652 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3881 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0803-0100-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 35 ′ S , 68 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Ingavi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Juliaca |
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Guaraya is a town in the La Paz department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Guaraya is the fourth largest city in the canton of Tiahuanacu in the municipality of Tiahuanacu in the province Ingavi . The village is situated at an altitude of 3881 m seven kilometers southwest of the ruins of Tiwanaku , which the center of a pre-Inca culture was and since the year 2000 to the World Heritage Site of UNESCO belongs.
geography
Guaraya is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andean mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.
The mean average temperature in the area of Lake Titicaca is 10 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 600 mm (see Juliaca climate diagram). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 7 ° C in July and 12 ° C in December. The monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months May to August and just over 100 mm from January to February.
Transport network
Guaraya is located 80 kilometers west of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved national road Ruta 2 leads for thirteen kilometers to El Alto , from there Ruta 1 another 80 kilometers in a westerly direction to Guaqui . 18 kilometers before Guaqui, a paved side road branches off to the north at a junction towards Tiawanacu, three kilometers further towards Guaqui to the southwest, an unpaved road that reaches Guaraya after three kilometers .
population
The population of the village has increased slightly in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 588 | census |
| 2013 | 652 | census |
Due to the historical development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Tiahuanacu 95.7 percent of the population speak Aymara .
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ 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 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Puerto Guaqui region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 8.3 MB)
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Tiahuanacu - General Maps No. 20803
- Municipio Tiahuanacu - detailed map and population data (PDF; 334 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )