Totorani
| Totorani | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 407 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3340 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0302-0170-6701 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 1 ′ S , 66 ° 23 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Ayopaya Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cocapata |
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Totorani is a town in the Cochabamba department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Totorani is a village in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Morochata in the province of Ayopaya . The village is located at an altitude of 3340 m on the left, northern bank of the Río Totorani , which joins two kilometers downstream with the Río Misicuni to the Río Altamachi , which later flows over the Río Santa Elena to the Río Beni .
geography
Totorani lies in the transition area between the Cordillera Tunari , which adjoins to the south and the Cordillera de Cocapata to the north . 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 1 ° C (see Cocapata climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly over the course of the year between −2.5 ° C in June / July and 3 ° C in November. The annual rainfall is around 850 mm and is humid all year round , but fluctuates between rainfall of only 10 mm in June / July and maximum values of over 150 mm in January.
Transport network
Totorani is at a distance of 96 kilometers by road north of the city of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
The Ruta 4 trunk road runs through Cochabamba, with a length of 1,657 kilometers across the entire country in a west-east direction. From Cochabamba, after thirteen kilometers west on route 4, you reach the town of Quillacollo , in the center of which the "Camino a Morochata" branches off to the north, which leads north to Marquina and then winds up the Cordillera Tunari in serpentines. After a total of 47 kilometers, a side road branches off to the northeast, which leads into the valley of the Río Misicuni and passes the Misicuni dam. From the dam it is another 21 kilometers down the Misicuni to Totorani .
population
The population of the village has decreased slightly over the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 425 | census |
| 2012 | 407 | census |
Due to the historically developed population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Morochata 96.6% 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; 8.0 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Inquisivi region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.67 MB)
- Relief map of the Quillacollo region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 8.6 MB)
- Municipio Morochata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.46 MB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Morochata - General Maps No. 30302
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )