Lequepampa
| Lequepampa | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 173 pop. (2001 census) | ||
| height | 3918 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1301-0900-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 32 ′ S , 67 ° 25 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Provincial flavor | ||
| climate | |||
 Caracollo climate diagram |
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Lequepampa is a town in the La Paz department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Lequepampa is the second largest municipality in the canton of Panduro in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sica Sica in the province of Aroma . The wide plain of the Bolivian highlands extends northwest of Lequepampa, and 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 4500 m.
geography
Lequepampa lies at an altitude of 3918 m on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The region has a typical time of day climate , in which the mean daily temperature fluctuation is more pronounced than the temperature fluctuation between the seasons.
The long-term average annual temperature is 8 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate between 4 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C in December (see Caracollo climate diagram). Nocturnal frost temperatures are possible in almost every season. The annual precipitation is low 400 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October and only from December to March there is significant precipitation of up to 100 mm in the monthly average. Due to the low rainfall, the sky is mostly clear and an intense blue color.
Transport network
Lequepampa is 166 kilometers by road southeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the asphalt road Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto , from there Ruta 1 another 153 kilometers south via Patacamaya and Sica Sica to Lequepampa . 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 is in the decade between the two most recently published census risen to almost double. Current detailed data from the 2012 census are not yet available:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 99 | census |
| 2001 | 173 | census |
| 2012 | no detailed data | 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 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Sica Sica - General Maps No. 21301
- Municipio Sica Sica - detailed map and population data (PDF; 648 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )