Tiquipaya (Cochabamba)
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 Universidad del Valle - Campus 1, Tiquipaya |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 49,237 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 19 | ||
| height | 2649 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0903-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 20 ′ S , 66 ° 13 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Quillacollo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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Tiquipaya is a medium- sized town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Tiquipaya is located in the province of Quillacollo in the municipality of the same name Tiquipaya on the 300 km², fertile and densely populated plateau of Cochabamba. The village is located at an altitude of 2649 m on the southern edge of the Tunari National Park (Parque Nacional Tunari, PNT), the ridge of which rises up to 5,000 m.
10 km southeast of Tiquipaya is the metropolis of Cochabamba , the capital of the department, and 15 km to the southwest, the city of Quillacollo .
geography
Tiquipaya lies in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands. The climate in the plateau of Cochabamba is a subtropical mountain climate, which is characterized more by fluctuations in precipitation than by temperature differences over the course of the year .
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.
population
The population of the village has increased several times over in the past two decades - also through incorporation:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3 037 | census |
| 2001 | 26 732 | census |
| 2012 | 49 237 | census |
Due to the historical distribution of the population, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population. In the municipality of Tiquipaya, 58.1 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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 Cochabamba 2001 (PDF; 8.0 MB)
Web links
- Raised relief map of the Cochabamba region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Tiquipaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 377 kB) (Spanish)
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 7.58 MB)