Lequepalca
| Lequepalca | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 105 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3987 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0104-0800-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 38 ′ S , 66 ° 57 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Province of Cercado | ||
| climate | |||
 Oruro climate diagram |
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Lequepalca is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Lequepalca is the central place of the canton Lequepalca in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Paria in the province of Cercado . The village is located at an altitude of 3987 m on a creek flowing to the southwest, which seeps into the plain of the Río Caracollo between Caracollo and Oruro .
geography
Lequepalca is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the Serranía de Sicasica ridge . The climate is characterized by a typical daytime climate , in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are greater than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 10 ° C (see climate diagram Oruro), with the monthly average values fluctuating between 6 ° C in June / July and 14 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is a low 400 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to November with monthly values below 20 mm, and a short humidity period from December to February with about 80 mm per month.
Transport network
Lequepalca is 73 km by road northeast of Oruro , the capital of the department.
From Oruro, the paved road Ruta 1 leads 41 kilometers north to Caracollo and from there to the neighboring cities of La Paz and El Alto . In Caracollo the Ruta 4 branches off to the east and after 32 kilometers via Querarani reaches the village of Lequepalca . The road then crosses the almost deserted Serranía de Sicasica on its way to Cochabamba , 187 kilometers away , from where it continues to Santa Cruz in the Bolivian lowlands and to the Brazilian border.
In Querarani, a country road branches off in a southerly direction to the central town of Soracachi, eleven kilometers away .
population
The population of the village has decreased by about a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 158 | census |
| 2001 | 97 | census |
| 2012 | 105 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Paria 93.1 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 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 Oruro 2001 (PDF; 6.2 MB)
Web links
- Cochabamba region - Relief map 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.61 MB)
- Bolívar region - topographic map 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.78 MB)
- Municipio Paria - General Maps No. 40104
- Municipio Paria - detailed map and population data (PDF; 520 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )