Quillacollo
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 View of Quillacollo and the Cordillera del Tunari |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 117,859 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 10 | ||
| height | 2558 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0901-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 24 ′ S , 66 ° 17 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Quillacollo Province | ||
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 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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Quillacollo is a medium- sized town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Quillacollo is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Quillacollo and the administrative capital of the province of Quillacollo . The city is located in the densely populated Cochabamba Valley, which extends over an area of about 25 by 10 kilometers and the surrounding mountains have heights of over 5,000 m. It is located south of the Cordillera of Cochabamba at an altitude of 2425 m on the Río Rocha , one of the headwaters of the Bolivian Río Grande .
geography
Quillacollo 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. 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
Quillacollo is thirteen kilometers west of the Bolivian city of Cochabamba , capital of the department.
The 1,657-kilometer Ruta 4 highway runs through Quillacollo and begins in the far west on the Chilean border at Tambo Quemado . It leads across the whole country via Quillacollo , Cochabamba , Villa Tunari and Santa Cruz and ends in the southeastern part of the country on the border with Brazil at the city of Puerto Quijarro .
population
Quillacollo is one of several satellite cities in the agglomeration of Cochabamba, and the city of Cochabamba itself is approaching the million mark with its population. Many professionals from Quillacollo work in Cochabamba, the two cities are connected by the Avenida Blanco Galindo .
The population of the village has increased several times over in the past three and a half decades - also due to incorporations:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1976 | 19 433 | census |
| 1992 | 51 418 | census |
| 2001 | 74 980 | census |
| 2012 | 117 859 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Quillacollo - despite the metropolitan transformation - 55.8 percent of the population still speak the Quechua language.
Urban life
The city's architecture has post-colonial features, but there are also modern residential and commercial buildings.
One of the main sources of income for the city is tourism . Quillacollo is known for its flea markets and fruit and vegetable markets, but above all for the annual Virgen de Urkupiña festival in August , one of the largest in Bolivia alongside the Oruro Carnival . An estimated 500,000 pilgrims visit the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Quillacollo each year, including many foreign tourists.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Brinkhoff: City Population
- ^ 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 March 4, 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 2001 (PDF file; 7.58 MB)
Web links
- Raised relief map of the Cochabamba region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Quillacollo - General Maps No. 30901
- Municipio Quillacollo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 434 kB)
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )