Ocobaya
| Ocobaya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 327 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1616 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1101-0300-9001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 26 ′ S , 67 ° 31 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | South Yungas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Chulumani |
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Ocobaya is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Ocobaya is a settlement in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Chulumani in the Sud Yungas province . The village is located at an altitude of 1616 m, twenty kilometers northwest of the Río Boopi , a source river of the Río Beni .
geography
Ocobaya is located in the Bolivian Yungas on the eastern slope of the high mountain ridge of the Cordillera Real .
The mean average temperature of the region is 21 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 1150 mm. The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only insignificantly between 18 ° C in July and 22 ° C in December. The monthly precipitation is between about 20 mm in the months of June and July and more than 150 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Ocobaya is 142 kilometers east of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the asphalted highway Ruta 3 leads 60 kilometers northeast to Unduavi , from there the unpaved Ruta 25 branches off in a southeast direction and after 69 kilometers reaches Chulumani . From there, a road leads 13 kilometers to the village of Ocobaya and continues to Cutusuma .
population
The population of the place has increased by more than half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 204 | census |
| 2001 | 269 | census |
| 2012 | 327 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population , in the Municipio Chulumani 49.9 percent of the population speak the Aymara language ( 2001 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ GEO ReiseCommunity
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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 Chulumani - General Maps No. 21101
- Municipio Chulumani - detailed map and population data (PDF; 361 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )