Machacamarca (flavor)
| Machacamarca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 358 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3909 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1306-0500-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 53 ′ S , 68 ° 12 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Provincial flavor | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Colquencha |
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Machacamarca is a town in the La Paz department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Machacamarca is a central place in the canton of Nueva Esperanza de Machacamarca and is located in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Colquencha in the province of Aroma at an altitude of 3910 m . The railway line from La Paz to Oruro runs past Machacamarca .
geography
Machacamarca is located 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 distinctive time-of-day climate in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature of the region is 10 ° C (see Colquencha climate diagram), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 7 ° C in June / July and just under 12 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is around 500 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the dry season from May to August and 125 mm in January.
traffic
From La Paz, the asphalted highway Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto , from there 39 kilometers south on Ruta 1 to the village of Vilaque Copata . From there you can reach Machacamarca after seven kilometers in a south-westerly direction via a dirt road.
population
The population of the village has decreased drastically in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 049 | census |
| 2001 | 1,400 | census |
| 2012 | 358 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Colquencha 92.5 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.
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Colquencha detailed map and population data (PDF; 437 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Colquencha general maps No. 21306
- Department of La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )