Canton of Alcoche
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| Residents (state) | 1374 pop (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 750 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 46 ′ S , 67 ° 39 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Caranavi Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Caranavi | ||
| Central place | Alcoche | ||
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 Caranavi climate diagram |
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The canton of Alcoche is an administrative district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton of Alcoche is one of twenty-two cantons of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Caranavi in the province of Caranavi and is located in the central western part of the district. It borders the province of Larecaja to the northwest , the province of Murillo to the southwest , the canton of Santa Fe to the south and east , and the canton of Alto Illimani to the northeast .
The canton extends between 15 ° 43 '30 "and 15 ° 48' south latitude and 67 ° 38 'and 67 ° 41' west latitude, it measures up to seven kilometers from north to south and up to five kilometers from west to east The canton consists of seven localities ( localidades ), the central place is Alcoche with 878 inhabitants ( 2012 ) in the north-western part of the canton.
geography
The canton of Alcoche is nestled on the Río Coroico between the eastern Voranden chains in the transition area between the Andean Altiplano and the Bolivian lowlands. The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature is 25.5 ° C and fluctuates only slightly over the course of the year between 23 ° C in June / July and 27 ° C in November / December (see Caranavi climate chart). The annual precipitation reaches a height of almost 1500 mm, and apart from a short dry season in June / July the climate is humid all year round with monthly precipitation of over 200 mm from December to February.
population
The population of the canton is in the decade between the last two censuses risen to twice:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 668 | census |
| 2001 | 1 374 | census |
| 2012 | . | no data yet |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Caranavi 57.8% of the population speak the Aymara language .
structure
The canton of Alcoche is divided into the following four sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Alcoche - 4 towns - 970 inhabitants ( 2001 )
- Colonia Alcoche - 1 village - 37 inhabitants
- Colonia Fiscal Magic - 1 village - 27 inhabitants
- Colonia Flor de Mayo - 1 village - 39 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística
Web links
- Municipio Caranavi - Politics, Population and Economy ( Spanish )
- Municipio Caranavi - General Maps No. 22001
- Municipio Caranavi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.17 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )