Mocomoco (Huarina)
| Mocomoco | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 270 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3845 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0204-0202-6701 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 13 ′ S , 68 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Omasuyos Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Achacachi |
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Mocomoco (also: Moco Moco ) is a town in the La Paz department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Mocomoco is the fourth largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Huarina in the province of Omasuyos . The village is located at an altitude of 3845 m directly on the lake shore in the south-eastern section of Lake Titicaca between the villages of Huarina and Huatajata .
geography
The climate in the Mocomoco area is derived from the altitude on the Altiplano and the proximity to the large water surface of Lake Titicaca, which mitigates the temperature fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see climate diagram Achacachi), with the monthly average in the coldest month (July) at 8 ° C only slightly deviating from the warmest month (November to March) at 12 ° C. The climate is arid from June to August with only sporadic rainfall, and it is humid in the summer months, especially from December to March, with monthly rainfall of more than 100 mm. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm.
Transport network
Mocomoco is located 79 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved highway Ruta 2 leads via El Alto in a north-westerly direction for 70 kilometers to Huarina, from there on along the shores of Lake Titicaca via Mocomoco to Huatajata and Chua Cocani and on to Copacabana and Khasani .
population
The population of Mocomoco has decreased slightly over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 296 | census |
| 2001 | 283 | census |
| 2012 | 270 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Achacachi - to which the Huarina region belonged until August 2010 - 94.1 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
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Achacachi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 671 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Achacachi - General Maps No. 20201 ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )