Pocoata (Cochabamba)
| Pocoata | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 562 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2944 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0501-0301-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 37 ′ S , 65 ° 44 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Arani Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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Pocoata is a street village in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Pocoata is the central place of the canton Pocoata in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Arani in the province of Arani . The village is located at an altitude of 4061 m on the course of the Río Grande , which joins two kilometers northwest of the village with the Quebrada Lampar to the Río Acequia .
geography
Pocoata lies in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba) and fluctuates only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 20 ° C in October / November. The annual precipitation is only 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 120 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Pocoata is 62 kilometers by road south of Cochabamba , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Cochabamba the paved road Ruta 7 leads in a south-easterly direction 41 kilometers to San Benito , from there a dirt road further south-east via Punata to Arani . From there, an unpaved road continues to the southeast and after seven kilometers reaches Pocoata .
population
The town's population has decreased by around a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 869 | census |
| 2001 | 685 | census |
| 2012 | 562 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Arani 95.8 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 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
- Municipio Arani - General Maps No. 30501
- Municipio Arani - detailed map and population data (PDF; 285 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )