Teoponte
| Teoponte | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1519 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 435 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0608-0603-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 30 ′ S , 67 ° 49 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Larecaja Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Caranavi climate diagram |
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Teoponte is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Teoponte is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Teoponte in the province of Larecaja . The village is located on the right bank of the Río Kaka at an altitude of 435 m , a few kilometers below the junction of the Río Mapiri and Río Coroico . About 80 km below Teoponte, the Río Kaka flows into the Río Beni near Puerto Pando .
geography
Teoponte is located northeast of Lake Titicaca on the eastern edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Real in the lowlands of the Río Beni, one of the important rivers of the Amazon lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 26 ° C, the annual precipitation is around 1450 mm (see Caranavi climate diagram). The region does not show a pronounced temperature profile, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only insignificantly between 23 ° C in June and July and 27 ° C from November to January, and the day and night temperatures also show only slight fluctuations. The monthly precipitation is between under 50 mm in the months of June and July and over 200 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Teoponte is 226 kilometers north of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz the partially paved road Ruta 3 leads in a north-easterly direction 160 kilometers via Cotapata to Caranavi , from there branches off the unpaved Ruta 26 , which reaches Guanay after 70 kilometers . Eight kilometers before Guanay, the Ruta 26 crosses the Río Coroico on a road bridge; At this point, a dirt road branches off to the right, via which Teoponte can be reached after another four kilometers.
population
The population of the village has increased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,260 | census |
| 2001 | 1 421 | census |
| 2012 | 1 519 | census |
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.
Web links
- Relief map of the Teoponte region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.5 MB)
- Relief map of the Sorata region 1: 250: 000 (PDF; 13.1 MB)
- Municipio Teoponte - General Maps No. 20608
- Municipio Teoponte - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.15 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )