Yocalla
| Yocalla | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 578 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3410 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0103-0103-6007 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 23 ′ S , 65 ° 55 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Tomás Frías Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Potosí |
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Yocalla is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Yocalla is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Yocalla in the province of Tomás Frías . The village is located at an altitude of 3410 m on the right bank of the Río Pilcomayo , the longest western tributary of the Río Paraguay .
geography
Yocalla is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central .
The mean annual temperature of the region is around 11 ° C (see Potosí climate diagram), the annual precipitation is around 350 mm. The region has a distinctive daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 8 ° C in June / July and 13 ° C from November to March. The monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months May to September and almost 80 mm in January and February.
Transport network
Yocalla is 45 kilometers by road northwest of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Potosí, the Ruta 1 road leads north via Yocalla to Poopó , Oruro and El Alto , the neighboring town of La Paz , and to Desaguadero on Lake Titicaca .
population
The population of the place has increased by almost two thirds in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 366 | census |
| 2001 | 413 | census |
| 2012 | 578 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Yocalla 94.5 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE social data Potosí 2001 ( Memento from December 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 5.5 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Yocalla - General Maps No. 50103
- Municipio Yocalla - detailed map and population data (PDF; 463 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )