Villa Granado
| Villa Granado | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 682 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2145 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0201-0303-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 12 ′ S , 65 ° 2 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Narciso Campero Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Mizque |
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Villa Granado is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Villa Granado is the central village of the canton Villa Granado in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Aiquile in the province of Narciso Campero . The place is located at an altitude of 2145 m on the right, eastern bank of the Río Salto Mayu, a tributary of the Río Mizque , in a valley of the Sierra de Catatiri .
geography
Villa Granado is located between the mountain ranges of the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central . The climate is characterized by year-round spring-like temperatures and low rainfall.
The average annual temperature of the region is around 20 ° C (see Mizque climate diagram) and an annual rainfall of 550 mm. The summer from October to March has monthly average temperatures of 22 ° C, the coldest months are June and July with a good 17 ° C. From April to October there is a dry season with precipitation below 20 mm, the summer from December to February has rainfall of 110 to 135 mm.
Transport network
Villa Granado is located at a distance of 211 kilometers by road southeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
From Cochabamba, the Ruta 7 highway leads in a south-easterly direction over 44 kilometers to Paracaya and further into the Bolivian lowlands to Santa Cruz . In Paracaya, the 147 kilometer long Ruta 23 branches off in a south-easterly direction and leads to Aiquile . Three kilometers north of Aiquile, Ruta 5 branches off in an easterly direction, crosses the Río Mayu Khari and after a total of 23 kilometers reaches Villa Granado , from where it continues to Peña Colorada and from there to Saipina .
population
The population of the village has more than tripled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 217 | census |
| 2001 | 275 | census |
| 2012 | 682 | census |
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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Relief map of the Aiquile region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.35 MB)
- Municipio Aiquile - General Maps No. 30201
- Municipio Aiquile - detailed map and population data (PDF; 801 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )