Mocko pata
| Mocko pata | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 87 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2845 m | ||
| Post Code | 05060111008001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 44 ′ S , 65 ° 50 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Nor Chichas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cotagaita |
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Mocko Pata (also: Río Blanco ) is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Mocko Pata is the central place of the canton Río Blanco in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Cotagaita in the province of Nor Chichas . Mocka Pata is located at an altitude of 2845 m on the right bank of the Río Cotagaita , a tributary of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Mocko Pata is located in the southern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 15 ° C (see climate diagram Cotagaita) and fluctuates only slightly between 11 ° C in June / July and 18 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is only about 300 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 70–80 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Mocko Pata is located at a distance of 264 kilometers by road south of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the asphalted highway Ruta 1 , which leads from Lake Titicaca in a south-easterly direction to the Argentine border, leads over 37 kilometers to Cuchu Ingenio . From there the Ruta 7 branches off in a southerly direction and reaches Cotagaita via Vitichi and Tumusla after 203 kilometers . From here an unpaved road leads along the right bank of the Río Cotagaita 24 kilometers upstream to Mocko Pata .
population
The town's population has decreased by around a quarter over the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no data | census |
| 2001 | 113 | census |
| 2012 | 87 | census |
The population of the region is above all the indigenous people of the Quechua (People) on, 96.1 percent of residents in the municipality of Cotagaita 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.
Web links
- Municipio Cotagaita - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.54 MB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Cotagaita - General Maps No. 50601 ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )