Palca (Tiraque)
| Palcae | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 555 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3101 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1601-0302-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 25 ′ S , 65 ° 47 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Tiraque Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tiraque |
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Palca ( also Alto Tiraque "A" ) is a street village in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Palca is the central location of the canton of Palca in the municipality of Tiraque in the province of Tiraque . The village is located at an altitude of 3101 m in the mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental on the right, northern bank of the Río Paracaya , which largely seeps away downstream in the agricultural region around Punata due to agricultural use.
geography
The climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the temperature differences during the day are significantly greater than the differences between the seasons.
The annual average temperature is around 9 ° C (see climate diagram Tiraque) and fluctuates between 6 ° C in June / July and just under 12 ° C in November. The long-term average annual precipitation is almost 500 mm, with a monthly value of over 100 mm being reached in January, while the monthly precipitation in the winter dry season from May to September is below 10 mm.
Transport network
Palca is 50 kilometers east of Cochabamba , the capital of the department of the same name.
Palca can be reached from Cochabamba on the national road Ruta 4 , which leads into the Bolivian lowlands to Villa Tunari and on to Santa Cruz . From Tiraque via Palca the Camino RN4 Colomi-Tiraque leads 14 kilometers northwest to Ruta 4 , from the road junction it is 27 kilometers west to Sacaba and from there another 16 kilometers to Cochabamba.
population
The population of the village has increased fivefold in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 112 | census |
| 2012 | 555 | census |
Due to the population structures that have evolved over time, the region has a high proportion of indigenous people , in the municipality of Tiraque 92.7 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 Cochabamba 2001 (PDF; 8.0 MB)
Web links
- Relief map Tiraque "A" 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Tiraque - General Maps No. 31601
- Municipio Tiraque - detailed map and population data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 921 kB)
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 7.58 MB)