Mallco Rancho
| Mallco Rancho | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1919 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2590 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0902-0300-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 25 ′ S , 66 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Quillacollo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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Mallco Rancho is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Mallco Ranco is the central place of the canton Mallco Rancho in the district (Bolivian: Municipio ) Sipe Sipe in the province of Quillacollo . The village is located at the western end of the plain of Cochabamba at an altitude of 2590 m on the left, northern bank of the Río Viloma shortly before its confluence with the Río Rocha , the main source of the Bolivian Río Grande .
geography
Mallco Rancho is located between the Bolivian Cordillera Central and the Cordillera Oriental in the transition area to the Bolivian lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba) and fluctuates only slightly between 14 ° C in June and July and 20 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is about 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a rain maximum in January with 120 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Mallco Rancho is 22 kilometers west of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
From Cochabamba the paved road Ruta 4 leads west over the town of Quillacollo towards Sipe Sipe . Six kilometers southwest of the city center of Quillacollo branches off the main road to the northwest, the Entrada Mallco Rancho road , which reaches Mallco Rancho after another three kilometers .
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 875 | census |
| 2001 | 1 171 | census |
| 2012 | 1 919 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Sipe Sipe 83.9 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
- ↑ INE social data 2001 (PDF file; 11.6 MB)
Web links
- Raised relief map of the Cochabamba region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Sipe Sipe - General Maps No. 30902
- Municipio Sipe Sipe - detailed map and population data (PDF; 440 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )