Lahuachaca
| Lahuachaca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 5874 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 76 | ||
| height | 3792 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1301-0400-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 23 ′ S , 67 ° 41 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Provincial flavor | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Belén |
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Lahuachaca is a small town in the La Paz department in the highlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Lahuachaca is the central place of the canton Pujravi in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sica Sica in the province of Aroma and is located at an altitude of 3792 m . To the north of Lahuachaca extends the wide plain of the Bolivian highlands, and directly to the east of the town rises the Serranía de Sicasica , a north-south oriented mountain range between La Paz and Cochabamba , which rises to 4,500 m.
geography
Lahuachaca is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the high mountain range of the Cordillera Central . The vegetation of the region is sparse, because at this altitude no more lush growth is possible. The region has a distinctive time-of-day climate in which the mean temperature fluctuation is greater during the day than during the year.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 11 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 7 ° C in June / July and 13 ° C in November / December (see Belén climate diagram). The annual precipitation is low 450 mm, in the arid period from April to October the monthly values are below 25 mm, and only the months December to February show heavier precipitation between 80 and 115 mm.
Transport network
Lahuachaca is located at a distance of 133 kilometers by road southeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the asphalted highway Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto , from there 120 kilometers to the south Ruta 1 via Sica Sica to Lahuachaca . From there the road continues in a south-easterly direction to the departmental capitals Oruro , Potosí and Tarija and to Bermejo on the Argentine border.
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2 562 | census |
| 2001 | 2,986 | census |
| 2012 | 5 874 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Sica Sica 90.3 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 2001 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Corocoro region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.8 MB)
- Municipio Sica Sica - detailed map and population data (PDF; 648 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Sica Sica - General Maps No. 21301 ( Spanish )
- La Paz Department - Social data (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )