Pojo (Cochabamba)
| Pojo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 584 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1982 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1202-0115-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 45 ′ S , 64 ° 52 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Carrasco Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Comarapa |
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Pojo is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Pojo is the central place of the canton Pojo and the administrative seat of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Pojo in the province of Carrasco . The village is located at an altitude of 1982 m on the left bank of the Río Pojo , which later flows into the Río Mizque .
geography
Pojo lies on the south-eastern edge of the Cordillera Oriental , which forms the transition from the Bolivian lowlands to the high mountain ranges of the Andes. The climate is mild-temperate and a typical daytime climate , in which the temperature differences between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature is 20 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 17 ° C in July and just under 22 ° C in November and December. The annual precipitation of 640 mm is sufficient for agriculture and reaches monthly values between 100 and 125 mm in the summer months from December to February; however, the dry season with values well below 40 mm from April to October is relatively long.
Transport network
Pojo is located at a distance of 200 kilometers by road southeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
From Cochabamba the paved road Ruta 7 leads in a west-southwest direction via Tolata and Epizana to Pojo , from there on via Comarapa , Mairana and La Angostura to La Paz .
population
The population of the place was subject to fluctuations in the past two decades, but has only increased slightly:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 505 | census |
| 2001 | 706 | census |
| 2012 | 584 | census |
Due to the historically developed population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Morochata 96.9 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 2001 (PDF; 8.0 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Punata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)
- Municipio Pojo - General Maps No. 31202
- Municipio Pojo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.22 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )