La Plazuela
| La Plazuela | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 251 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1209 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1102-0171-3701 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 32 ′ S , 67 ° 24 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | South Yungas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Chulumani |
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La Plazuela is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
La Plazuela is the fourth largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Irupana in the Sud Yungas province . The village is located at an altitude of 1209 m in a left, northern side valley of the Río de la Paz , a tributary to the Río Beni .
geography
La Plazuela is located in the Bolivian Yungas on the eastern slope of the high mountain ridge of the Cordillera Real . The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the mean fluctuation in daytime temperatures is more pronounced than the seasonal fluctuations.
The mean average temperature of the region is 21 ° C (see climate diagram Chulumani), the mean monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 18 ° C in July and 22 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is about 1150 mm, the monthly precipitation is between about 20 mm in the months of June and July and more than 150 mm from December to February.
Transport network
La Plazuela is 175 kilometers east of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 3 leads north-easterly 60 kilometers to Unduavi , from there the unpaved Ruta 25 branches off in a south-easterly direction and leads via Chulumani , Ocobaya and Irupana into the valley of the Río de la Paz, where it takes 115 kilometers Reached La Plazuela . From there it continues via the villages of Cajuata , Inquisivi and Independencia (Ayopaya) to Vinto , where it meets the Ruta 4 to Cochabamba .
population
The population of La Plazuela has decreased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 320 | census |
| 2001 | 275 | census |
| 2012 | 251 | census |
The region has a high proportion of indigenous Aymara population, in the Municipio Irupana 56.4 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.
- ↑ Social data of the municipalities in the department (Spanish) (PDF file; 11.63 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Inquisivi region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.67 MB)
- Municipio Irupana- detailed map and population data (PDF; 687 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Irupana - General Maps No. 21102
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )