Italaque
| Italaque | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 346 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3528 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0402-0201-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 29 ′ S , 69 ° 3 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Eliodoro Camacho Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Puerto Acosta |
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Italaque is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Italaque is the central place of the canton Italaque in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Mocomoco in the province of Eliodoro Camacho . The village is located at an altitude of 3538 m in the southern foothills of the Cordillera Apolobamba , fifteen kilometers northeast of Lake Titicaca .
geography
Italaque is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the western edge of the Cordillera Real . The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with the mean temperature fluctuation during the day being more pronounced than during the course of the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is 8 ° C (see climate diagram Puerto Acosta), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 5 ° C in July and 10 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is around 750 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months of June and July and over 100 mm from December to March.
Transport network
Italaque is located 200 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz the highway Ruta 2 leads via El Alto in a north-westerly direction 30 kilometers to Huarina , from there the Ruta 16 via Achacachi and Puerto Carabuco to Escoma near the mouth of the Río Suches in Lake Titicaca. In Escoma it turns north and after 33 kilometers it reaches Italaque.
population
The population of the village has increased by around a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 269 | census |
| 2001 | 248 | census |
| 2012 | 346 | census |
The population of the region is above all the indigenous people of the Aymara to 97.0 percent of residents 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 September 24, 2015 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 - 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 Mocomoco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 416 MB)
- Municipio Mocomoco - General Maps No. 20402
- La Paz Department - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 11.63 MB)