Totora (Cochabamba)
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 Bridge in Totora |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1925 population (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2800 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1201-0172-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 44 ′ S , 65 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Carrasco Province | ||
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 Climate diagram Totora |
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Totora is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Totora is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Totora and the seat of the administration of the province of Carrasco . The village is located at an altitude of 2800 m on the upper reaches of the Río Sauces , which drains below Totora in a south-easterly direction to the Río Grande .
geography
Totora is located in one of the high valleys of the Cordillera Oriental mountain range , which merges eastward into the Bolivian lowlands. The climate of the region is characterized by a typical daytime climate in which the temperature differences between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature is 14 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate between 11 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C in November / December (see climate diagram). The annual precipitation is 600 mm and falls mainly in the summer months from December to February with monthly values of 100 to 125 mm; This contrasts with a dry season from May to October with monthly precipitation of less than 30 mm.
traffic
Totora is located at a distance of 163 kilometers by road southeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Cochabamba the paved road Ruta 7 leads in a southeast direction for 149 kilometers to Epizana , from there the unpaved Ruta 5 branches off to the south and continues via Totora to Sucre and the Chilean border.
population
The population of the village has increased by almost half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 347 | census |
| 2001 | 1,597 | census |
| 2012 | 1 925 | census |
Due to the historically developed population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Totora 97.8 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.
- ↑ INE social data 2001 (PDF; 7.6 MB)
Web links
- Website Totora (English)
- Relief map Punata 1: 100,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)
- Municipio Totora - detailed map and population data (PDF; 871 kB) (Spanish)
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 7.58 MB)