Yanamayu

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Yanamayu
Yungas in Bolivia
Yungas in Bolivia
Basic data
Residents (state) 644 pop. (2012 census)
height 828  m
Post Code 02-1105-1100-6001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 16 ° 15 ′  S , 67 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 15 ′  S , 67 ° 15 ′  W
Yanamayu (Bolivia)
Yanamayu
Yanamayu
politics
Department La Paz
province South Yungas Province
climate
Climate diagram La Asunta
Climate diagram La Asunta

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

Location in the vicinity

Yanamayu is the central place in the canton of Yanamayu in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) La Asunta in the Sud Yungas province . The village is located at an altitude of 828  m on the left, western bank of the Río Boopi .

geography

Yanamayu lies 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

Yanamayu is located 169 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 continues past Villa Barrientos for a further eighteen kilometers along its left, northern bank to the confluence with the Río Boopi . From there it is another ten kilometers down the Río Boopi to Yanamayu .

population

The population of the place has more than doubled in the past decade:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 236 census
2012 644 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

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento from March 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento from March 29, 2016 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 October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.4 MB)

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