Tiquirpaya
| Tiquirpaya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 511 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2980 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0301-0101-5012 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 7 ′ S , 66 ° 44 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Ayopaya Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Independencia |
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Tiquirpaya is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Tiquirpaya is a village in the canton of Ayopaya in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Ayopaya in the province of Ayopaya . The village is located at an altitude of 2980 m four kilometers from the Río Santa Rosa , which flows here in a north-westerly direction, bears the name Río Negro downstream and flows into the Río Cotacajes .
geography
Tiquirpaya lies between the Cordillera Mazo Cruz and the Cordillera del Tunari , a northwest section of the Cordillera Oriental . The climate is a typical daytime climate , in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is just under 15 ° C (see climate diagram Independencia) and fluctuates over the course of the year between 11 ° C in June / July and 17 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation is around 750 mm, with a dry season from May to August with monthly precipitation below 20 mm contrasted with a pronounced humidity period , in which the monthly values clearly exceed 100 mm from December to March.
Transport network
Tiquirpaya is located at a distance of 147 kilometers by road northwest of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
The unpaved road Ruta 25 runs through Independencia and leads in a north-south direction from La Paz via Chulumani to Independencia and on via Tiquirpaya to Cochabamba .
population
The population of the village has decreased significantly in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 769 | census |
| 2012 | 511 | census |
The majority of the local population belong to the Quechua indigenous people , in the Municipio Ayopaya 97.9 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.
Web links
- Topographic map of the Independencia region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.5 MB)
- Relief map of the Oruro-Cochabamba region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Ayopaya - General Maps No. 30301
- Municipio Ayopaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 635 kB)
- Departamento Cochabamba - Social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 7.58 MB)