Villa Franz Tamayo

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Villa Franz Tamayo
Basic data
Residents (state) 309 pop. (2012 census)
height 3905  m
Post Code 02-0201-1500-3001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 16 ° 1 ′  S , 68 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 1 ′  S , 68 ° 37 ′  W
Villa Franz Tamayo (Bolivia)
Villa Franz Tamayo
Villa Franz Tamayo
politics
Department La Paz
province Omasuyos Province
climate
Climate diagram Achacachi
Climate diagram Achacachi

Villa Franz Tamayo is a scattered settlement in the La Paz department on the Altiplano of the South American Andes high mountains in Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Villa Franz Tamayo is the central place of the canton Franz Tamayo (formerly part of the canton Warisata) in the municipality Achacachi in the province Omasuyos . The village is located at an altitude of 3905  m on the left, southern edge of the outflow from the Laguna San Francisco on the southern edge of the Cordillera Muñecas .

geography

The climate in the Franz Tamayo area is derived from the altitude on the Altiplano and the proximity to the large body of water of Lake Titicaca, which mitigates temperature fluctuations.

The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see Achacachi climate diagram), with the monthly average in the coldest month (July) at 8 ° C only slightly deviating from the warmest months (November to March) at 12 ° C. The climate is arid from June to August with only sporadic rainfall and humid in the summer months, especially from December to March, with monthly rainfall of more than 100 mm. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm.

population

The population of the village has increased significantly in the past decade:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 88 census
2012 309 census

Transport network

The village is located 109 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department.

From La Paz, the asphalt national road Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto and further north-west via Vilaque and Palcoco to Batallas . From here the route 2 continues to Copacabana on Lake Titicaca, at Huarina the route 16 branches off to the north, which leads to Achacachi and further along the Peruvian border into the Bolivian lowlands. On the northern edge of Achacachi, the Camino Achacachi-Chachacomani branches off from Ruta 16 to the southeast and reaches Avichaca after six kilometers . From there it is another seven kilometers in a north-easterly direction to Villa Franz Tamayo .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

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