Totora (Oruro)
| Totora | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 270 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 4023 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-1301-0101-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 48 ′ S , 68 ° 9 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | San Pedro de Totora Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Curahuara de Carangas |
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Totora is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Totora is the central place of the canton Totora in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Pedro de Totora and the administrative seat of the province San Pedro de Totora . The village is located at an altitude of 4023 m on the upper reaches of the Río Totora, on the western slope of the Serranía de Huayllamarca , an approximately 100 kilometers long ridge that extends on the Altiplano in a north-west-south-east direction.
geography
Totora is located in the Bolivian highlands between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The region has a typical daytime climate in which the mean daytime temperatures fluctuate more strongly than the mean seasonal temperature fluctuations.
The mean average temperature of the region is 7 ° C (see climate diagram Curahuara de Carangas), the average monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 4 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is about 330 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months April to August and 90 mm in January.
Transport network
Totora is 188 kilometers by road from La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved highway Ruta 2 leads to El Alto , from there Ruta 1 in a southerly direction as an asphalt road to Patacamaya , then Ruta 4 in a south-westerly direction to Cañaviri . From there, an unpaved road leads south via Umala to Chilahuala , where it crosses the Río Desaguadero until it reaches San Pedro de Curahuara after 60 kilometers . From there, the piste leads a further 28 kilometers in a south-westerly direction to Totora .
population
The population of the village has increased by more than two thirds in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 150 | census |
| 2001 | 212 | census |
| 2012 | 270 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of San Pedro de Totora 97.0 percent of the population speak the Aymara 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 Oruro 2001 (PDF; 6.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Corocoro region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.8 MB)
- Municipio San Pedro de Totora - General Maps No. 41301
- Municipio San Pedro de Totora - detailed map and population data (PDF; 367 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )