Morochata
| Morochata | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 584 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2991 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0302-0101-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 14 ′ S , 66 ° 32 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Ayopaya Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Independencia |
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Morochata is a town in the Cochabamba department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Morochata is the central place of the canton Morochata and the administrative seat of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Morochata in the province of Ayopaya . The village is located at an altitude of 2991 m on a tributary to the Río Morochata , which drains to the Río Cotacajes , one of the headwaters of the Río Beni .
geography
Morochata lies between the Cordillera Mazo Cruz and the Cordillera del Tunari , a north-western section of the Cordillera Oriental . The climate is a typical daytime climate , in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is just under 15 ° C (see climate diagram Independencia) and fluctuates over the course of the year between 11 ° C in June / July and 17 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation is around 750 mm, with a dry season from May to August with monthly precipitation below 20 mm contrasted with a pronounced humidity period , in which the monthly values clearly exceed 100 mm from December to March.
Transport network
Morochata is located at a distance of 76 kilometers by road northwest of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
From Cochabamba, the paved road Ruta 4 leads 17 kilometers westwards via Quillacollo to Vinto . There the unpaved road Ruta 25 branches off to the northwest and overcomes heights of more than 4,300 m on the 59 km long way to Morochata . The road then continues to Independencia (Ayopaya) towards La Paz .
population
The population of the village has increased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 491 | census |
| 2001 | 504 | census |
| 2012 | 584 | census |
Due to the historically developed population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Morochata 96.6 percent of the population 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.
- ↑ INE social data 2001 (PDF file; 7.58 MB)
Web links
- Topographic map of the Independencia region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.5 MB)
- Relief map of the Cochabamba region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Morochata - General Maps No. 30302
- Municipio Morochata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.46 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )