Mecapaca
| Mecapaca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 998 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2877 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0103-0102-1008 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 40 ′ S , 68 ° 1 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Murillo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Mecapaca |
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Mecapaca is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Mecapaca is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Mecapaca in the province of Murillo . The village is located on a mountain spur at an altitude of 2877 m on the left bank of the Río de la Paz , which flows south from the department capital La Paz towards the Río Beni .
geography
Mecapaca is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central at the transition to the Bolivian lowlands. The region's climate is typical of the time of day , in which the mean fluctuation in temperatures during the day is more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 16 ° C (see climate diagram Mecapaca), the monthly values fluctuate between almost 14 ° C in June / July and almost 18 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is around 550 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to September and a short wet season from December to March.
Transport network
Mecapaca is located at a distance of 25 kilometers by road south of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz a country road leads in a southerly direction past the Valle de la Luna (moon valley) and the town of Mallasa on the left side of the Río de la Paz to Mecapaca .
population
The population of the village has more than quadrupled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 225 | census |
| 2001 | 251 | census |
| 2012 | 998 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Mecapaca 83.0 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.
- ↑ INE social data (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Mecapaca - General Maps No. 20103
- Municipio Mecapaca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 447 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )