Ichoca
| Ichoca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1326 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3625 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1005-0100-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 9 ′ S , 67 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Inquisivi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Quime |
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Ichoca is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Ichoca is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Ichoca in the province of Inquisivi and is located at an altitude of 3625 m in a side valley of the Río Ichoca, which flows into the Río Ayopaya in an easterly direction .
geography
Ichoca is located on a valley slope of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central . The region's climate is typical of the time of day , in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the seasons.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 10 ° C (see climate diagram Quime), the monthly mean temperatures fluctuate between 7 ° C in June / July and just under 13 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation is almost 600 mm, from May to August there is a dry season with monthly precipitation below 15 mm, in the months of January and February there is a long-term average between 120 and 130 mm of rain.
Transport network
Ichoca is located at a distance of 275 kilometers by road southeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 3 leads east to Coroico , and from there Ruta 25 south-east for 160 kilometers to Inquisivi and on to Cochabamba . In Inquisivi, the route 109 branches off in a south-westerly direction and leads over 21 kilometers to Quime . From there an unpaved gravel road leads south and after 25 kilometers reaches Ichoca .
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 505 | census |
| 2001 | 517 | census |
| 2012 | 1 326 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Quime 92.4 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 from December 15, 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; 11.63 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Cochabamba region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Ichoca - General Maps No. 21005
- Municipio Ichoca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 628 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )