Palca (La Paz)
| Palca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 796 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3465 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0102-0101-9001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 34 ′ S , 67 ° 57 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Murillo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Palca |
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Palca is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Palca is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Palca and the administrative seat of the province of Murillo . The village is located at an altitude of 3465 m on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano , halfway between the capital La Paz and the Illimani , on the left bank of the Río Choquecota , which flows into the Río Palca .
geography
Palca is located on the edge of the Quimsa Cruz massif , which is part of the Bolivian Cordillera Real . The region's climate is typical of the time of day , in which the daily fluctuation in temperatures is more pronounced than the mean temperature differences in the seasons.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 8 ° C (see climate diagram Palca) and fluctuates only slightly between 6 ° C in June / July and 10 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to August with monthly precipitation below 15 mm, and a precipitation maximum in January of 120 mm.
Transport network
Palca is located 20 km south-east of La Paz and is connected to the capital by a dirt road. The road leads through the Palca Cañon, which with its bizarre reddish-brown rock formations resembles Bryce Canyon in the USA.
population
The town's population has declined by around a fifth in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 003 | census |
| 2001 | 876 | census |
| 2012 | 796 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Palca 94.1 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ^ 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; 4.4 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Palca - General Maps No. 20102
- Municipio Palca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 534 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )