Warisata

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Warisata
Basic data
Residents (state) 732 pop. (2012 census)
height 3845  m
Post Code 02-0201-1002-8001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 15 ° 58 ′  S , 68 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 58 ′  S , 68 ° 40 ′  W
Warisata (Bolivia)
Warisata
Warisata
politics
Department La Paz
province Omasuyos Province
climate
Climate diagram Achacachi
Climate diagram Achacachi

Warisata is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Warisata is the third largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Achacachi in the province of Omasuyos . The village is located at an altitude of 3845  m on the southern edge of the Cordillera Muñecas , only seven kilometers as the crow flies from the " Gulf of Achacachi " in the southeastern part of Lake Titicaca .

geography

Warisata 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 climate of the region is derived from the altitude on the Altiplano and the proximity to the large water surface of Lake Titicaca, which mitigates the 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.

Infrastructure

Warisata is located 102 kilometers northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.

From La Paz, the asphalt road Ruta 2 leads 70 kilometers northwest to Huarina , from there the Ruta 16 branches off in a northerly direction , which reaches Achacachi after 23 kilometers . Directly behind Achacachi, a road branches off to the northeast towards Sorata , which reaches Warisata after eight kilometers . From there the road continues via Sorata to Mapiri in the Yungas on the eastern edge of the Cordillera Central mountain range .

population

The population of the village has decreased by about a tenth over the past decade:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 838 census
2012 732 census

Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Collana 94.1 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ INE social data ( Memento from September 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 11.63 MB)

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