Mecoya
| Mecoya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 297 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2345 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0201-0600-2009 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 22 ° 6 ′ S , 64 ° 54 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Province of Aniceto Arce | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tarija |
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Mecoya is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Mecoya is the central location of the canton of Mecoya in the municipality of Padcaya in the province of Aniceto Arce . The village is located at an altitude of 2345 m on the banks of the Río Macoya, which joins the Río Macoyita and flows in a south-easterly direction towards the Río Bermejo .
geography
Mecoya is conveniently located between the different climatic zones of the country on the edge of the eastern Andes mountain range at the transition to the Bolivian lowlands, so that mostly mild and pleasant weather prevails. In the summer months there are frequent thunderstorms like torrentials, the rest of the year has very little precipitation.
The mean average temperature of the region is 19 ° C (see climate diagram Tarija), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate between 14 ° C in June and July and 22 ° C in December to March. The annual precipitation is about 550 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation between 0 and 30 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation of about 120 mm.
Transport network
Mecoya is 107 kilometers by road south of Tarija , the capital of the department.
From Tarija, the paved national road Ruta 1 leads southeast towards Padcaya and Bermejo . After seventeen kilometers from the main road, Ruta 45 branches off to the west, which after five kilometers crosses the Río Nuevo Guadalquivir and after another three kilometers reaches the village of Valle de Concepción (formerly: Uriondo ). The Ruta 45 continues through the villages of Chocloca , Juntas , Chaguaya , San Miguel and Cañas , the last forty kilometers between Cañas and Mecoya are hardly populated and, unlike the rest of the route, not yet paved.
population
The population of the village has increased slightly in the last two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 238 | census |
| 2001 | 222 | census |
| 2012 | 297 | census |
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.
Web links
- Relief map of the Villazón region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 827 kB)
- Municipio Padcaya - General Maps No. 60201
- Municipio Padcaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 670 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )