Manco Kapac (Carrasco)
| Manco Kapac | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2603 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 161 | ||
| height | 252 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1206-0111-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 13 ′ S , 64 ° 27 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Carrasco Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Puerto Grether |
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Manco Kapac is a country town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Manco Kapac is the third largest town in the 2004 newly created district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Entre Ríos in the province of Carrasco . The city is located at an altitude of 252 m on the right, eastern bank of the Río Blanco , which flows seven kilometers downstream into the Río Ichoa , a left tributary of the Río Ichilo .
geography
Manco Kapac is located in the Bolivian lowlands on the northeastern foothills of the Cordillera Oriental . The climate is a tropical rainy climate with a pronounced rainy season .
The region has an average annual temperature of 26 ° C (see climate diagram Puerto Grether), the monthly averages are between 23 ° C in July and a good 28 ° C from November to February. The average annual precipitation is 1700 mm, with monthly values between 200 and 300 mm from December to February and sufficient humidity in all months.
Transport network
Manco Kapac is 275 kilometers by road east of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
The 1,657-kilometer Ruta 4 road runs through Entre Río and runs from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border in the east across the country to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border . From Cochabamba you can reach Manco Kapac via Villa Tunari , Chimoré and Ivirgarzama , the highway then continues to Warnes and Santa Cruz .
population
The population of the village has more than quadrupled in the past decade alone:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 594 | census |
| 2012 | 2 603 | census |
Due to the population distribution that has evolved over time, the region has a predominant proportion of Quechua population; in the Entre Ríos municipality, 76.6 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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 Punata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)
- Municipio Entre Ríos - General Maps No. 31206
- Municipio Entre Ríos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.13 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )