Vilaque Copata
| Vilaque Copata | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 588 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3978 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1304-0700-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 51 ′ S , 68 ° 10 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Provincial flavor | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Viacha |
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Vilaque Copata (also: Copata or Vilaque ) is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Vilaque Copata is a central place in the Cantón Vilaque Copata and is located in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Calamarca in the province of Aroma at an altitude of 3978 m . The wide plain of the Bolivian highlands extends north and south of Copata, 10 km east of the village rise the first crossbars of the Serranía de Sicasica ridge .
geography
Vilaque Copata lies 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's climate is typical of the time of day , in which the mean average temperatures fluctuate more during the day than during the year.
The annual average temperature in the region is just under 9 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 6 ° C in July and 10 ° C from November to February (see Viacha climate diagram). The annual precipitation is about 600 mm, the months May to August are arid with monthly precipitation of less than 15 mm, in the southern summer months of January and February monthly precipitation of more than 100 mm is measured.
Transport network
Vilaque Copata is 52 kilometers by road south of La Paz , the capital of the department.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto , from there 39 kilometers south the Ruta 1 via San Antonio de Senkata to Vilaque Copata and on via Calamarca and Caracollo to Oruro . In Copata, a dirt road branches off in a south-westerly direction to Machacamarca , seven kilometers away .
population
The population of the place has fluctuated over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 574 | census |
| 2001 | 723 | census |
| 2012 | 588 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Calamarca 95.7 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 (PDF file; 11.63 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Municipio Calamarca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 463 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Calamarca - General Maps No. 21304
- Department of La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )