Villa Barrientos (South Yungas)
| Villa Barrientos | |||
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 Yungas in Bolivia |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 74 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 970 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1105-1301-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 19 ′ S , 67 ° 26 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | South Yungas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram La Asunta |
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Villa Barrientos is a village in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Villa Barrientos is the central place of the canton Villa Barrientos in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) La Asunta in the province Sud Yungas . The village is located at an altitude of 970 m on the left, northern bank of the Río Tamampaya .
geography
Villa Barrientos is located in the Bolivian Yungas between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera de Cocapata in the east.
The annual average temperature of the village is 23 ° C (see climate diagram La Asunta), the annual precipitation is about 1,300 mm. The region has a distinctive daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between a good 20 ° C in June / July and 25 ° C in November / December. The river valley has a short dry season with monthly precipitation of 25 mm in the months of June and July, in the wet season the monthly values reach up to 200 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Villa Barrientos is located 141 kilometers east of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz the paved road Ruta 3 leads in a north-easterly direction for 60 kilometers to Unduavi , from there the unpaved Ruta 25 branches off in a south-easterly direction along the Río Unduavi and after 70 kilometers it reaches Chulumani . From there, a dirt road leads twenty kilometers via Tajma to Pasto Pata . From Pasto Pata a road leads ten kilometers down a stream valley into the valley of the Río Tamampaya, overcoming a difference of 750 meters in altitude. The road crosses the river and after a kilometer passes through Villa Barrientos , it then continues to Las Mercedes , La Calzada , Santa Rosa and Colopampa Grande .
population
The population of the place has decreased significantly in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 95 | census |
| 2012 | 74 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of La Asunta 59.3 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; 4.4 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of Bolivia from 1: 2,000 GeoBolivia
- Municipio Chulumani - General Maps No. 21101
- Municipio Chulumani - detailed map and population data (PDF; 361 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )