Toropalca
| Toropalca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 513 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2726 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0601-0111-8003 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 19 ′ S , 65 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Nor Chichas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Vitichi climate diagram |
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Toropalca is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Toropalca is the central place of the canton Toropalca in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Cotagaita in the province of Nor Chichas . The village is located at an altitude of 2726 m at the mouth of the Río Pirani in the Río Toropalca, which flows over the Río Tumusla and the Río Pilaya to the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Toropalca lies between the ridges of the Cordillera de Chichas and the Cordillera Central , which rise from the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 13 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 10 ° C in June / July and a good 15 ° C from November to March (see Vitichi climate diagram). The annual precipitation is only about 400 mm, with a very pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 20 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with about 80 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Toropalca is located 104 kilometers by road south of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the 1215-kilometer paved highway Ruta 1 leads south to Cuchu Ingenio and then on via Tres Cruces to Tarija and Bermejo on the Argentine border. At Cuchu Ingenio a country road branches off to the south, which leads down the Río Caiza past Caiza "D" , Kestuchi , Pancochi and Calila to Toropalca and on to Tumusla .
population
The population of the village has increased slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 491 | census |
| 2001 | 327 | census |
| 2012 | 513 | no data yet |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Cotagaita 96 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 social data Potosí 2001 (PDF; 5.5 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Cotagaita - General Maps No. 50601 ( Spanish )
- Municipio Cotagaita - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.54 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - Social data of the provinces and municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )