Tarata

Tarata
	; San José Church, Tarata
Basic data
Residents (state)	3952 pop. (2012 census)
rank	Rank 112
height	2766 m
Post Code	03-0401-0101-1001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	17 ° 37 ′ S , 66 ° 1 ′ W Coordinates: 17 ° 37 ′ S , 66 ° 1 ′ W
	Tarata
	Tarata
politics
Department	Cochabamba
province	Esteban Arce Province
climate
	; Climate diagram Cochabamba

Tarata is a country town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Tarata is the seat of the administration of the province of Esteban Arce and is located in the municipality of Tarata on the 490 km² fertile plateau of the Valle Alto . The village is located at an altitude of 2766 m south of the La Angostura reservoir .

geography

Tarata 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. The 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

Tarata is located at a distance of 36 kilometers by road south-east of Cochabamba , the capital of the department of the same name.

From Cochabamba the paved highway Ruta 7 leads in a south-easterly direction 18 kilometers to the dam of La Angostura , from there a dirt road another 18 kilometers further south to Tarata.

population

The population of the village has increased by almost half in the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	2,826	census
2001	3 323	census
2012	3 952	census

Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Tarata 91.7 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.