Huacullani
| Huacullani | |||
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 Lake Titicaca near Huacullani |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1101 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3841 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0803-0300-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 27 ′ S , 68 ° 44 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Ingavi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Huacullani |
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Huacullani is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Huacullani is located in the province of Ingavi and is, even before Tiawanacu , the largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Tiahuanacu . The village is located at an altitude of 3843 m on the shores of Lake Titicaca , only a few kilometers from Tiahuanaco , the internationally known World Heritage Site - ruins from the pre-Inca culture .
geography
Huacullani 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 region's climate is typical of the time of day , in which the mean fluctuation in daytime temperatures is more pronounced than that over the course of the year.
The annual average temperature in the Huacullani region on Lake Titicaca is 8 ° C (see Huacullani climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 6 ° C in July and 10 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is about 600 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 15 mm in the months of May to August and just over 100 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Huacullani is located 97 kilometers west of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 2 leads for thirteen kilometers to El Alto , from there Ruta 1 another 63 kilometers in a westerly direction to Tiawanacu . From there, a dirt road leads in a north-westerly direction to Pillapi San Agustín , crosses the coastline in a northerly direction and after ten kilometers reaches Huacullani .
population
The population of the village has increased more than fivefold in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 216 | census |
| 2001 | 871 | census |
| 2012 | 1 101 | 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 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 November 12, 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 ( 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 Tiahuanacu - detailed map and population data (PDF; 334 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Tiahuanacu - General Maps No. 20803
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )