Koa Koa
| Koa Koa | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 556 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3317 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0301-0102-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 30 ′ S , 65 ° 29 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Province of Cornelio Saavedra | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Betanzos |
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Koa Koa (also: Coa Coa or Khoa Khoa ) is a scattered settlement in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Koa Koa is the second largest town in the canton of Betanzos in the municipality of Betanzos in the province Cornelio Saavedra . The village is located at an altitude of 3317 m at the confluence of the Río Coa Coa with the Río Lica Lica, which bears the name Río Tambo Mayu downstream.
geography
Koa Koa is located between the Bolivian Altiplano 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 temperature fluctuations during the day are greater than during the year.
The annual average temperature in the valleys of the region is around 17 ° C (see Betanzo's climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 19 ° C from November to January. The annual rainfall is almost 500 mm, the months May to September are arid with monthly values below 15 mm, only in January a rainfall of 100 mm is reached.
Transport network
Koa Koa is 38 kilometers by road east of Potosí , the capital of the department.
The national highway Ruta 5 runs through Potosí, which leads from La Palizada in the Department of Santa Cruz via Sucre and Betanzos to Potosí, Ticatica , Pulacayo and Uyuni to the border with Chile . On the western outskirts of Betanzos, a country road branches off in a north-westerly direction from Ruta 5, follows the Río Tambo Mayu to the north and after seven kilometers reaches Koa Koa .
population
The population of the village has decreased by almost a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 743 | census |
| 2010 | 556 | census |
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.
Web links
- Relief map of the Betanzos region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.29 MB)
- Relief map of the Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Betanzos - General Maps No. 50301
- Municipio Betanzos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 735 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )