Vila Vila (Cercado)
| Vila Vila | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 464 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3883 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0102-0101-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 33 ′ S , 67 ° 22 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Province of Cercado | ||
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 Caracollo climate diagram |
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Vila Vila (also: Vila Vila "A" ) is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Vila Vila is the third largest town in the canton of Caracollo in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Caracollo in the province of Cercado and is located at an altitude of 3883 m . To the northwest of Vila Vila extends the wide plain of the Bolivian highlands, and to the east of the place rises the Serranía de Sicasica , a north-south oriented mountain range between La Paz and Cochabamba , which rises to 4500 m.
geography
Vila Vila is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The region has a typical time of day climate in which the mean daily temperature fluctuations are more pronounced than the temperature fluctuations between winter and summer.
The long-term average annual temperature is 8 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate between 4 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C in December (see Caracollo climate diagram). Nocturnal frost temperatures are possible in almost every season. The annual precipitation is low 400 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October and only from December to March there is significant precipitation of up to 100 mm in the monthly average. Due to the low rainfall, the sky is mostly clear and an intense blue color.
Transport network
Vila Vila is located 172 kilometers by road southeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved highway Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto , from there to the south Route 1 via Patacamaya and Sica Sica to Vila Vila , eighteen kilometers from the city of Caracollo . From there, the highway continues in a south-easterly direction to the departmental capitals Oruro , Potosí and Tarija and on to Bermejo on the Argentine border.
population
The population of Vila Vila has more than tripled in the last two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 186 | census |
| 2001 | 477 | census |
| 2012 | 464 | census |
Due to the historically evolved population structures, the Aymara population is predominant in Vila Vila , while 72.2 percent of the population in the Municipio Caracollo 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 2001 (PDF; 6.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Caracollo - General Maps No. 40102
- Municipio Caracollo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 695 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )