Irpa Irpa
| Irpa Irpa | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 3868 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 115 | ||
| height | 2465 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0701-0101-9001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 43 ′ S , 66 ° 17 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Capinota Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Capinota |
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Irpa Irpa is a country town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Irpa Irpa is the second largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Capinota in the Province of Capinota . The village is located at an altitude of 2465 m on the left, northern bank of the Río Arque , which is one of the headwaters of the Bolivian Río Grande . The city is located in the immediate vicinity of the provincial capital Capinota .
geography
Irpa Irpa is located in the Bolivian Cordillera Central in the transition area to the Bolivian lowlands. The region has a typical daytime climate in which the temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than the average fluctuations over the year.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 20 ° C (see Capinota climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between 16 ° C in June and July and a good 22 ° C in November and December. The annual precipitation is about 550 mm and has a pronounced dry season from April to November with monthly precipitation of less than 10 mm, only in the wet season from December to March up to 140 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Irpa Irpa is located 70 kilometers by road southwest of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
Cochabamba from west leads the paved highway Ruta 4 , which at Caracollo the Ruta 1 encounters that the Altiplano crossed from north to south. About 35 kilometers southwest of Cochabamba, a dirt road branches off at Parotani in a south-easterly direction and after 30 kilometers reaches the city of Capinota . Irpa Irpa is three kilometers southwest of Capinota.
population
The population of the village has increased by around two thirds in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2 207 | census |
| 2001 | 2 721 | census |
| 2012 | 3 868 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Capinota 90.9 percent of the population speak the Quechua 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 October 16, 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 2001 ( 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 Cochabamba region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Capinota - detailed map and population data (PDF; 361 kB)
- Municipio Capinota - General Maps No. 30701 ( Spanish )
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 7.58 MB)