Valle Alto (Cochabamba)
Valle Alto (Spanish for "Upper Valley") is the name of a region in the Bolivian department of Cochabamba .
location
The Valle Alto is an agricultural region in the heart of the department of Cochabamba and includes parts of the provinces of Esteban Arce , Germán Jordán , Punata and Arani . The Valle Alto extends between 17 ° 31 'and 17 ° 41' south latitude and 65 ° 57 'and 66 ° 05' west longitude and covers an area of 490 km² at an altitude of between 2,800 and 2,550 m above sea level .
geography
The climate of the Valle Alto is semi-arid and moderately warm, the annual average temperature of the Valle Alto is between 17.8 and 16.4 ° C, the mean annual rainfall is low 470 to 385 mm, the dry season of the southern winter extends from April to November.
The Valle Alto is traversed by the rivers Jatun Mayu, Pocoata, Sulti, Cliza and Calicanto, which have deposited tertiary and quaternary sediments in the valley .
population
The following list shows the number and distribution of the population in the four provinces of the Valle Alto.
| province | population | Urban population | Rural population |
| Arani | 13,159 | 20.6% | 79.4% |
| Esteban Arce | 14,350 | 15.5% | 84.5% |
| German Jordan | 27.605 | 26.7% | 73.3% |
| Punata | 47.502 | 29.7% | 70.3% |
| TOTAL (1992) | 102,616 | 25.4% | 74.6% |
colonization
The settlements with the highest population numbers in the four provinces are:
| Locality | Population 1992 | 2001 residents | Residents 2012 |
| Punata | 12,758 | 14,742 | 19,559 |
| Cliza | 5,172 | 6,534 | 8,362 |
| Arbieto | 970 | 1,347 | 5,335 |
| San Benito | 1,548 | 2,029 | 4.221 |
| Tarata | 2,826 | 3,323 | 3,952 |
| Arani | 3,009 | 3,512 | 3,542 |
| Tolata | 1,370 | 2,207 | 3,368 |
| Ucureña | 2,180 | 2,306 | 2,746 |
| Number | 779 | 1,178 | 1,209 |
| San Lorenzo | --- | 1,336 | 989 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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.
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Coordinates: 17 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 66 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ W.