Quilima
| Quilima | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 655 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3850 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0403-0301-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 50 ′ S , 69 ° 0 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Eliodoro Camacho Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Quilima |
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Quilima (also: Quillima) is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Quilima is the second largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Puerto Carabuco in the province of Eliodoro Camacho and is located in the canton of Puerto Chaguaya. The village is located at an altitude of 3850 m in the Bolivian highlands on the eastern bank of Lake Titicaca .
geography
Quilima is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the western edge of the Cordillera Real . The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with the mean temperature fluctuation during the day being more pronounced than during the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is 9 ° C (see climate diagram Quilima), the monthly values fluctuate between almost 7 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation is about 750 mm, the monthly precipitation is less than 15 mm from June to August and over 100 mm from December to March.
Transport network
Quilima is located at a distance of 145 kilometers by road north-west of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
La Paz leads the paved highway Ruta 2 north 70 km to Huarina from more there 75 km the Ruta 16 through Achacachi and Ancoraimes after Quilima from where the road continues to Puerto Carabuco leads.
population
The population of the village has increased by around a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 503 | census |
| 2001 | 603 | census |
| 2012 | 655 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population; In the municipality of Puerto Carabuco, 95.6 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 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Puno / Titicaca region 1: 250,000 (JPG; 8.56 MB)
- Municipio Puerto Carabuco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 408 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Puerto Carabuco - General Maps No. 20403
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )
