Huatajata
| Huatajata | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 293 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3839 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0206-0401-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 13 ′ S , 68 ° 42 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Omasuyos Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Achacachi |
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Huatajata is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Huatajata is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Huatajata in the province of Omasuyos . The village is located at an altitude of 3839 m directly on the lake shore in the southeast section of Lake Titicaca between the villages of Huarina and Chua Cocani .
geography
The climate in the Huatajata area is derived from the altitude on the Altiplano and the proximity to the large water surface of Lake Titicaca, which mitigates the temperature fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see climate diagram Achacachi), with the monthly average in the coldest month (July) at 8 ° C only slightly deviating from the warmest month (November to March) at 12 ° C. The climate is arid from June to August with only sporadic rainfall, and it is humid in the summer months, especially from December to March, with monthly rainfall of more than 100 mm. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm.
Transport network
Huatajata is located at a distance of 82 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz the paved highway Ruta 2 leads via El Alto in a north-westerly direction 70 kilometers to Huarina, from there further along the shores of Lake Titicaca via Huatajata and Chua Cocani to Copacabana and Khasani .
population
The population of Huatajata has grown by about half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 196 | census |
| 2001 | 171 | census |
| 2012 | 293 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Achacachi - to which the Huatajata region belonged until August 2010 - 94.1 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 29, 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
- Map of the Municipios Chúa Cocani and Huatajata
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Relief map of the Huarina region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 1.38 kB)
- Municipio Chúa Cocani u. a. - Overview maps no.20201
- Municipio Chúa Cocani u. a. - Detailed map and population data (PDF; 671 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department of La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )