Paracaya
| Paracaya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Full name | Paracaya linden tree | ||
| Residents (state) | 740 pop. (2001 census) | ||
| height | 2721 m | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 31 ′ S , 65 ° 51 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Punata Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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Paracaya (also: Paracaya Linde ) is a town in the Cochabamba department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Paracaya is the fourth largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of San Benito in the province of Punata . The village is located on the northern edge of a 15 × 25 km fertile plain at an altitude of 2721 m , eight kilometers southeast of Cerro Tuti (4102 m), the highest point between Paracaya and the metropolis of Cochabamba .
geography
Paracaya lies in the transition area between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba) and fluctuates only slightly between 14 ° C in June and July and 20 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 90 to 110 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Paracaya is 45 kilometers by road southeast of Cochabamba, the capital of the department of the same name.
Paracaya is on the paved road Ruta 7 , which crosses the eastern Cordillera Oriental on its way into the lowlands and leads with a total length of 488 kilometers via the cities of Tolata and Samaipata to the lowland metropolis of Santa Cruz . In Paracaya, Ruta 23 branches off to the south, which leads to Aiquile via the cities of Punata , Arani and Mizque .
population
The population of the place at the 2001 census was 740. Since the information from the 2012 census is contradictory, the data is not updated here:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no data | census |
| 2001 | 740 | census |
| 2012 | . | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of San Benito 90.7 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 2001 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Punata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)
- Municipio San Benito - General Maps No. 31403
- Municipio San Benito - detailed map and population data (PDF; 231 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )