Villa Rosario de Wilacala
| Villa Rosario | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Full name | Villa Rosario de Wilacala | ||
| Residents (state) | 229 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 4264 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0402-0501-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 21 ′ S , 69 ° 3 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Eliodoro Camacho Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Puerto Acosta |
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Villa Rosario is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Villa Rosario is the central place of the canton Villa Rosario de Wila Khala in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Mocomoco in the province Eliodoro Camacho . The village is located at an altitude of 4264 m on the northwestern edge of the Cordillera Muñecas near the border with Peru .
geography
Villa Rosario 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 mean average temperature of the region is 8 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 750 mm (see climate diagram Puerto Acosta). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 5 ° C in July and 10 ° C in December. The monthly precipitation is between less than 10 mm in the months of June and July and over 100 mm from December to March.
Transport network
Villa Rosario is located at a distance of 216 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved road Ruta 2 leads 70 kilometers northwest to Huarina , from there the Ruta 16 branches off , which continues as a paved road in a southwest direction for 97 kilometers along Lake Titicaca to Escoma . From there, the Ruta 16 continues as an unpaved road further north and after 49 kilometers reaches Villa Rosario .
population
The population of the village has decreased to less than half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 501 | census |
| 2001 | 303 | census |
| 2012 | 229 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Mocomoco 97.0 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; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Mocomoco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 416 kB) (Spanish)
- La Paz Department - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 11.63 MB)