Khasani
Khasani | ||
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Basic data | ||
Residents (state) | 374 pop. (2012 census) | |
height | 3830 m | |
Post Code | 02-1701-0200-3001 | |
Telephone code | (+591) | |
Coordinates | 16 ° 13 ′ S , 69 ° 5 ′ W | |
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politics | ||
Department | La Paz | |
province | Manco Kapac Province | |
climate | ||
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Khasani (also: Kasani ) is a town in the La Paz department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Khasani is a village in the canton of Lokha in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Copacabana in the province of Manco Kapac and is a border town to the Republic of Peru . The village is located in the southern part of Lake Titicaca at an altitude of 3830 m on a peninsula that connects the Peruvian state with the Copacabana district.
geography
Khasani is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the mean fluctuation in daytime temperatures is more pronounced than the fluctuation in temperatures over the course of the year.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 8 ° C (see Copacabana climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only insignificantly between almost 6 ° C in June / July and 10 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation is around 700 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months of June and July and 150 mm in January and February.
Transport network
Khasani is located 155 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved highway Ruta 2 leads in a north-westerly direction via Huarina to San Pablo de Tiquina on Lake Titicaca, where the road from Tiquina is crossed by boat and after another 40 kilometers reaches the country town of Copacabana . From there, Ruta 2 continues south to Khasani . The nearest town across the border on Peruvian territory is the small town of Yunguyo . From Puno in Peru there is a direct bus route via Khasani and Copacabana to La Paz .
population
The settlement is made up of the districts "Centro", "Zona Río Seco", "Villa Natividad" and "Zona Villa Natividad". The population of Khasani has fluctuated slightly over the past two decades:
year | Residents | source |
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1992 | 399 | census |
2001 | 441 | census |
2012 | 374 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Copacabana 94.3 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ 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 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Copacabana region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 608 kB)
- Municipio Copacabana - detailed map and population data (PDF; 331 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Collana - General Maps No. 21701 ( Spanish )
- Department of La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )