Mizque
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 Mizque Church |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 3474 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 125 | ||
| height | 2014 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1301-0174-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 57 ′ S , 65 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Mizque Province | ||
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 Climate diagram Mizque |
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Mizque ( Quechua : Misk'i ) is a country town in the Cochabamba department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
The village was founded by the Spanish on September 20, 1603, its name comes from the word misk'i in the Quechua language and means "sweet, mild" .
Location in the vicinity
Mizque is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Mizque and the seat of the administration of the Mizque province . The village is located at an altitude of 2014 m in the valley of the Río Uyuchama in the mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental .
geography
Mizque lies between the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central . The climate is characterized by year-round spring-like temperatures and low rainfall.
The average annual temperature of the region is around 20 ° C (see Mizque climate diagram) and an annual rainfall of 550 mm. The warmest month is November with an average temperature of a good 22 ° C, the coldest months are June and July with around 17 ° C. From April to October the dry season prevails with precipitation below 25 mm, the wettest months in the long-term average are the months December to February with more than 100 mm.
Transport network
Mizque is 150 kilometers by road southeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
The city is located on a fairly well-maintained dirt road that leads northwest through the Valle Alto to Cochabamba, on the other side as the Ruta 23 road south to Aiquile and on to Sucre . The village has an almost daily bus service to Cochabamba.
Mizque is also on the Cochabamba-Aiquile railway line. However, the train station is on the other side of the river and is therefore very difficult to reach for the residents. Most of the city's residents are unaware that a Ferrobus runs three times a week in each direction on the railway line . The journey by Ferrobus to and from Cochabamba takes around twice as long as by bus.
population
The population of the village has doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,863 | census |
| 2001 | 2,677 | census |
| 2012 | 3 474 | census |
Daughters and sons of the church
- Casimira Rodríguez , first Bolivian minister of Quechua origin
See also
Web links
- Relief map of the Punata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)
- Municipio Mizque - General Maps No. 31301
- Municipio Mizque - detailed map and population data (PDF; 793 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) (Spanish)
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.
