Zampaya
| Zampaya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 141 pop. (2001 census) | ||
| height | 4009 m | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 5 ′ S , 69 ° 6 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Manco Kapac Province | ||
Zampaya is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Zampaya is the central town of the canton Zampaya in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Copacabana in the province of Manco Kapac and is located at an altitude of 4009 m on the Yampupata peninsula in Lake Titicaca . The village is located on the northwest slope of the Yampupata ridge, which rises more than 200 m above the water level of the lake.
geography
Zampaya 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 10 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 600 mm. The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 8 ° C in July and 11 ° C in December. The monthly precipitation is between less than 10 mm in the months of June and July and around 100 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Zampaya is 159 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 in a north-westerly direction via Huarina to San Pablo de Tiquina on Lake Titicaca, where the narrow lake is crossed by boats. After another forty kilometers the Ruta 2 reaches Copacabana . From here, a dirt road leads along the coast in a north-westerly direction, towards Yampupata , from which a side road leads up the slope after eight kilometers and reaches Zampaya after another five kilometers .
population
The population of the village decreased drastically in the decade from 1992 to 2001.
While for the census has lain in 1992 still with 639 inhabitants, it was only 141 inhabitants in the census 2,001th More recent data are not yet available.
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Copacabana 94.3% of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE)
- ↑ El Alto climate diagram
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 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.
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001 ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2015 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.
- ↑ INE social data La Paz 2001 ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2013 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. (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Copacabana - detailed map and population data (PDF; 331 kB) (Spanish)
- La Paz Department - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 11.63 MB)