Tojra
| Tojra | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 229 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1791 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1003-0270-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 44 ′ S , 67 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Inquisivi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cajuata |
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Tojra is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Tojra is the second largest town in the canton of Suri in the municipality of Cajuata in the Inquisivi province . The village is located at an altitude of 1791 m on a mountain slope southwest of the village of Cajuata , in the tributary system of the Río de la Paz , which flows from the capital La Paz past the Illimani in a north-easterly direction to the Río Beni .
geography
Tojra is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central at the transition to the Bolivian lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 19 ° C (see climate diagram Cajuata), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between a good 16 ° C in June and July and a good 20 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is about 900 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to August and a wet season from December to March.
Transport network
Tojra is located at a distance of 246 kilometers by road east of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved national road Ruta 3 leads north-east for 60 kilometers to Unduavi , from there the unpaved Ruta 25 branches off in a south-east direction and reaches Circuata via Chulumani and Miguillas after 159 kilometers . Five kilometers after Circuata, a dirt road leaves Ruta 25 in a southerly direction in the small village of Agua Rica and after 21 kilometers reaches Cajuata . From there it's another six kilometers in a south-westerly direction to Tojra .
population
The population of the village has almost doubled over the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 131 | census |
| 2012 | 229 | census |
Individual evidence
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original dated December 14, 2014 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 - 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 Inquisivi region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.67 MB)
- Municipio Cajuata - General Maps No. 21003
- Municipio Cajuata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 527 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )