Irupana
| Irupana | |||
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 View of Irupana |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1949 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1901 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1102-0100-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 28 ′ S , 67 ° 27 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | South Yungas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Chulumani |
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Irupana is a country town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Irupana is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Irupana in the province of Sud Yungas . The village is located at an altitude of 1910 m ten kilometers as the crow flies northwest of the Río Boopi , a source river of the Río Beni .
geography
Irupana is located in the Bolivian Yungas on the eastern slope of the high mountain ridge of the Cordillera Real . The region has a distinct daytime climate, in which the daily temperature fluctuations are more pronounced than the mean fluctuations over the course of the year.
The annual average temperature of the region is 21 ° C (see climate diagram Chulumani), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 18 ° C in July and 22 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is about 1150 mm, the monthly precipitation is between about 20 mm in the months of June and July and more than 150 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Irupana is located 157 kilometers east of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 3 leads north-east for 60 kilometers to Unduavi , from there the unpaved route 25 branches off in a south-easterly direction and reaches Irupana via Chulumani after 97 kilometers . From there it continues through the villages of Inquisivi and Independencia (Ayopaya) and after a total of 481 kilometers near Vinto it meets Ruta 4 , which reaches Cochabamba for a further 15 kilometers .
population
The population of the village has increased slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 742 | census |
| 2001 | 1 882 | census |
| 2012 | 1 949 | census |
The village has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Irupana 56.4 percent of the inhabitants speak the Aymara language.
Personalities
- Mario Monje (1929–2019), communist politician
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 of October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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.
Web links
- Municipio Irupana - General Maps No. 21102
- Municipio Irupana - detailed map and population data (PDF; 687 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )