Pacollo (Coroico)

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Pacollo
Basic data
Residents (state) 241 pop. (2012 census)
height 1148  m
Post Code 02-1401-0300-7001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 16 ° 12 ′  S , 67 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 12 ′  S , 67 ° 48 ′  W
Pacollo (Bolivia)
Pacollo
Pacollo
politics
Department La Paz
province Nor Yungas Province
climate
Climate diagram Choro
Climate diagram Choro

Pacollo (also Socosani ) is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Pacollo is the central place of the canton Pacollo in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Coroico in the province of Nor Yungas . The municipality is located at an altitude of 1148  m on the Río Huarinilla, which joins five kilometers downstream with the Río Elena to the Río Coroico and continues over the Río Kaka to the Río Beni .

geography

Pacollo lies in a valley on the eastern edge of the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Yungas , a transition region between the Andean highlands ( altiplano ) and the tropical lowlands of the Amazon - rainforest . The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.

The annual average temperature of the village is around 22 ° C (see climate diagram Choro), the monthly average values ​​fluctuate between 19 ° C in June / July and 23 ° C from October to March. The average daily maximum temperatures are between 26 ° C and 30 ° C all year round, the nocturnal minimum temperatures are a long-term average of 11–12 ° C in June / July and 18 ° C in December and January. The average annual precipitation is 1300 mm, with a short dry season with monthly values ​​of around 20 mm in June / July and monthly highs of around 200 mm from December to February.

Transport network

Pacollo is 89 kilometers by road northeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.

From La Paz, the paved highway Ruta 3 leads to Cotapata , where the old Yungas road ( "Ruta de la muerte" - road of death) branches off to Coroico to the east. The new route of Ruta 3 leads from here through the San Rafael tunnel in a northerly direction to Santa Bárbara and on via Caranavi , Yucumo and San Ignacio de Moxos to Trinidad on the Río Mamoré . A few kilometers before the expanded Ruta 3 reaches the valley floor on the Río Huarinilla, an unpaved road branches off to the northwest, which reaches Pacollo after three kilometers .

Pacollo is the end point of the Choro Trek , an old Inca path that can be reached from La Paz via the La Cumbre pass (4727 m) and the Abra Chucura pass (almost 5000 m) and from Challapampa via the settlement of Korisamaña (Chairo) the Río Huarinilla down to Pacollo. With the hotel "Río Selva", the infrastructure of the place and the use of the Choro Trek have been significantly upgraded over the past decade.

population

The population of the village is only available for the last published census of 2001. Detailed data from the current census of 2012 have not yet been published:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 116 census
2012 241 census

Due to the historical population development, the Aymara population is predominant in the Municipio Coroico , 62.1 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ INE social data 2001 (PDF; 12.2 MB)

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