Korihuma II
| Korihuma II | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1622 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2847 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1001-0402-3 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) 4 | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 27 ′ S , 66 ° 2 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Chapare Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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Korihuma II is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The village was only founded at the end of the 20th century and has seen a rapid increase in population since then.
Location in the vicinity
Korihuma II is the second largest town in the Municipio Sacaba . It is located at an altitude of 2847 m six kilometers south of the central city of Sacaba .
geography
Korihuma II is located on the western edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental in a valley region halfway between the Altiplano and Chapare lowlands, which is also known as the region of eternal spring.
The climate is warm and temperate and has a mean average temperature of almost 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and almost 20 ° C from October to December. The annual precipitation is only about 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a short humidity period from December to February with 90-120 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Korihuma II is located at a distance of 24 kilometers by road east of the city of Cochabamba.
From Korihuma II to Cochabamba you first drive two kilometers westwards to the north-south running Camino Sacaba-Carcaje. Follow the Camino north to Sacaba and meet the national road Ruta 4 , which crosses the entire country in a west-east direction with a length of 488 kilometers, from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border in the west, via Cochabamba and Sacaba further east via Santa Cruz to Puerto Suárez in the Brazilian border area.
population
The population of the village rose rapidly in the decade between the last two censuses:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 152 | census |
| 2012 | 1 622 | census |
In the municipality of Sacaba, 65.2 percent of the population speak the Quechua 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 March 4, 2016 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 social data 2001 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Raised relief map Cochabamba 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Sacaba - detailed map and population data (PDF; 471 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )