Pasorapa
| Pasorapa | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 3134 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 141 | ||
| height | 2112 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0202-0102-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 19 ′ S , 64 ° 41 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Narciso Campero Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Omererque |
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Pasorapa is a country town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Pasorapa is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Pasorapa in the province of Narciso Campero . The village is located at an altitude of 2112 m five kilometers southwest of the Laguna Thajra and twenty kilometers west of the Río Mizque .
geography
Pasorapa lies between the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central . The climate is characterized by a typical daytime climate , in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are greater than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 20 ° C (see the Omereque climate diagram), with the monthly averages fluctuating between 17.5 ° C in July and 22 ° C from October to February. Annual precipitation is 500 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly values below 20 mm, and a short moisture period from December to February with around 100 mm per month.
Transport network
Pasorapa is located at a distance of 278 kilometers by road southeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
From Cochabamba the paved road Ruta 7 leads in a southeast direction 44 kilometers to Paracaya , from there the road Ruta 23 continues for 146 kilometers to the southeast via Punata , Arani and Mizque to Aiquile . Four kilometers before Aiquile, the Ruta 5 road turns east in the direction of Saipina and after 55 kilometers it reaches the course of the Quebrada Huerla . From here, a 40-kilometer back road leads in a south-easterly direction to Pasorapa .
population
The population of the place has increased almost fourfold in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 810 | census |
| 2001 | 1 114 | census |
| 2012 | 3 134 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region still has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Pasorapa 23.1 percent of the population speak the Quechua 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 March 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 of the Aiquile region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.35 MB)
- Municipio Pasorapa - General Maps No. 30202
- Municipio Pasorapa - detailed map and population data (PDF; 800 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )