Quiabaya
| Quiabaya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 378 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3710 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0604-0102-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 38 ′ S , 68 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Larecaja Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Mocomoco |
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Quiabaya is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Quiabaya is a central place in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Quiabaya in the province of Larecaja . The village is located at an altitude of 3710 m in a valley cut ten kilometers above the Río Mapiri , which flows to the Río Beni .
geography
Quiabaya is located east of the Altiplano in the Bolivian "Königskordillere" ( Cordillera Real ), which in turn is part of the Cordillera Central . The climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature of the region is almost 14 ° C (see climate diagram Mocomoco), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 11 ° C in June / July and 15 ° C from October to March. The annual precipitation is around 750 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 20 mm from July to August and 100-150 mm from December to March.
traffic
Quiabaya is located about 165 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz the asphalted highway Ruta 2 leads seventy kilometers in a north-westerly direction to Huarina , from there the Ruta 16 branches off in a northerly direction , which reaches Achacachi after 23 kilometers . Shortly after Achacachi, a country road branches off to the northeast, which reaches the town of Sorata via Warisata after about forty kilometers . From there the road continues via Quiabaya to Mapiri in the Yungas on the eastern edge of the Cordillera Central mountain range .
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 142 | census |
| 2001 | 357 | census |
| 2012 | 378 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Quiabaya 94.6 percent of the population speak the Aymara 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 Sorata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 12.81 MB)
- Municipio Quiabaya - General Maps No. 20604
- Municipio Quiabaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 383 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )