Suticollo
| Suticollo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1015 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2530 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0902-0103-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 28 ′ S , 66 ° 20 ′ W | ||
|
|||
| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Quillacollo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
|||
Suticollo is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Suticollo is the third largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sipe Sipe in the province of Quillacollo . Suticollo is located at the southwestern end of the Cochabamba plain at an altitude of 2529 m on the right western bank of the Río Rocha , the main source of the Bolivian Río Grande .
geography
Suticollo lies between the Bolivian Cordillera Central and the Cordillera Oriental in the transition area to 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 and July and 20 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is about 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a rain maximum in January with 120 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Suticollo is 27 kilometers by road west of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
From Cochabamba, the paved road Ruta 4 heads west via the town of Quillacollo and Vinto to Suticollo and from here on to Caracollo , where it crosses with Ruta 1 . The Ruta 1 crosses the Altiplano from north to south, thus providing connections to the cities of La Paz , Oruro and Potosí ago.
population
The population of the village has been subject to significant fluctuations over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 180 | census |
| 2001 | 1 533 | census |
| 2012 | 1 015 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Sipe Sipe 83.9 percent of the population speak the Quechua 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
- Municipio Sipe Sipe - General Maps No. 30902
- Municipio Sipe Sipe - detailed map and population data (PDF; 440 kB) (Spanish)
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 7.58 MB)