Mamanaca
| Mamanaca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 775 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2727 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0403-0301-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 35 ′ S , 66 ° 3 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Esteban Arce Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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Mamanaca is a town in the Cochabamba department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Mamanaca is the fifth largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Arbieto in the province of Esteban Arce on the 490 km² fertile plateau of the Valle Alto . The village is located at an altitude of 2727 m a few kilometers south of the La Angostura reservoir on the railway line from Cochabamba via Tarata to Aiquile .
geography
Mamanaca lies in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central and 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 / July and 20 ° C in October / November. The annual precipitation is only around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 90 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Mamanaca is 32 kilometers south-east of Cochabamba , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Cochabamba the paved highway Ruta 7 leads in a south-easterly direction 18 kilometers to the dam of La Angostura , shortly before the dam a paved road branches off in a south-westerly direction and after another 14 kilometers reaches Mamanaca .
population
The population of the village has increased slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 674 | census |
| 2001 | 574 | census |
| 2012 | 775 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Arbieto 92.4 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 Cochabamba 2001 (PDF; 8.0 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Cochabamba region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Arbieto - General Maps No. 30403
- Municipio Arbieto - detailed map and population data (PDF; 260 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )