Matarani (Bolivia)
| Matarani | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 379 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3134 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0404-0400-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 48 ′ S , 65 ° 48 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Esteban Arce Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Sacabamba |
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Matarani is a town in the Cochabamba Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Matarani is the central place of the canton Matarani in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sacabamba in the province Esteban Arce . The village is located at an altitude of 3134 m on the left bank of the Río Challaque .
geography
Matarani lies between the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central . The climate is characterized by a typical daytime climate , in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are greater than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 12 ° C (see the Sacabamba climate diagram), with the monthly averages varying between 8.5 ° C in June / July and 14 ° C in November / December. Annual precipitation is 500 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly values below 20 mm, and a short humidity period from January to February with 100 to 125 mm per month.
Transport network
Matarani is located at a distance of 74 kilometers by road southeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Cochabamba the paved road Ruta 7 leads in a south-easterly direction 33 kilometers to Tolata , from there a dirt road over twelve kilometers further south via Cliza to Toco . From there the road leads a further 32 kilometers southeast to Matarani and on via Sacabamba to Vila Vila and Mizque .
population
The population of the village has increased fourfold in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 90 | census |
| 2001 | 442 | census |
| 2012 | 379 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Sacabamba 98.7 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 Punata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)
- Municipio Sacabamba - General Maps No. 30404
- Municipio Sacabamba - detailed map and population data (PDF; 267 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )