Sapana
| Sapana | |||
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 Lake Titicaca and Taraco Peninsula |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1055 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3843 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0807-0201-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 26 ′ S , 68 ° 52 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Ingavi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Juliaca (Peru) |
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Sapana is a scattered settlement in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Sapana is the second largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Taraco in the province of Ingavi . The village is located on the Taraco Peninsula in the southern part of Lake Titicaca at an altitude of 3843 m on the northern coastal plain. Almost thirty kilometers further southeast is Tiahuanaco , the internationally known world cultural heritage site - ruins from the pre-Inca culture .
geography
Sapana is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on Lake Titicaca between the Andean mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.
The mean average temperature in the area of Lake Titicaca is around 9 ° C, the annual precipitation is 500–600 mm (see Juliaca climate diagram). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 7 ° C in July and 12 ° C in December. The monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months May to August and just over 100 mm from January to February.
Transport network
Sapana is 102 kilometers west of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name, by road.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 2 leads 13 kilometers to El Alto , from there Ruta 1 another 63 kilometers in a westerly direction to Tiawanacu . From there an unpaved road leads via Pillapi San Agustín in a north-westerly direction to Taraco . From here it's another two kilometers in a northerly direction, at Sapana a country road branches off in a westerly direction, which leads via Ñachoca to Santa Rosa de Taraco .
population
The population of the village has increased in the past two decades, detailed data are currently not available:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | no detailed data | census |
| 2012 | 1055 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Taraco 97.1 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 La Paz 2001 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of Bolivia from 1: 2,000 GeoBolivia
- Relief map of the Taraco region 1: 50,000 Instituto Geográfico Militar Bolivia (accessed April 23, 2017)
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.1 MB)
- Municipio Taraco - General Maps No. 20807
- Municipio Taraco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 317 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.6 MB) ( Spanish )