La Asunta (La Paz)
| La Asunta | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2143 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 179 | ||
| height | 745 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1105-0103-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 8 ′ S , 67 ° 12 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | South Yungas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram La Asunta |
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La Asunta is a country town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
La Asunta is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) La Asunta in the province of Sud Yungas . The village is located at an altitude of 745 m above the left bank of the Río Boopi , which forms from the Río de la Paz , which flows from La Paz from a south-westerly direction , and drains to the Río Beni .
geography
La Asunta is located on the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Cordillera Central at an altitude of 1811 m , between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera de Cocapata in the east.
The annual average temperature of the village is 23 ° C (see climate diagram La Asunta), the annual precipitation is about 1,300 mm. The region has a distinctive daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between a good 20 ° C in June / July and 25 ° C in November / December. La Asunta has a short dry season with monthly precipitation of 25 mm in the months of June and July, in the wet season the monthly values reach up to 200 mm from December to February.
Infrastructure
La Asunta is located at a distance of 217 kilometers by road northeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 3 leads sixty kilometers eastwards over the La Cumbre pass to Unduavi , from where the Ruta 25 branches off , which continues as a dirt road in a south-easterly direction for seventy kilometers to Chulumani . From there an unpaved road continues to the northeast via Tajma . This road along the Río Boopi is repeatedly endangered by landslides and is not accessible all year round. After 87 kilometers you reach La Asunta , from there it continues downriver via Cotapata to the town of Puerto Rico on the Río Boopi.
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 949 | census |
| 2001 | 1 466 | census |
| 2012 | 2 143 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a relatively high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of La Asunta 59.3 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
- Municipio La Asunta - General Maps No. 21105
- Municipio La Asunta - detailed map and population data (PDF; 841 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )