Taraco
| Taraco | |||
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 Lake Titicaca near Taraco |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 238 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3871 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0807-0201-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 27 ′ S , 68 ° 52 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Ingavi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Juliaca (Peru) |
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Taraco is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Taraco is the central place of 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 3871 m on the edge of the two kilometers wide coastal plain. 24 kilometers further southeast is Tiahuanaco , the internationally known world cultural heritage site - ruins from the pre-Inca culture .
geography
Taraco 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
Taraco is located 100 kilometers by road west of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 2 leads for thirteen 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 .
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 99 | census |
| 2001 | 281 | census |
| 2012 | 238 | 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 .
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 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; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )