Anzaldo

Anzaldo is a town in the Cochabamba Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Anzaldo is the central place of the district ( bolivian: municipality ) in the Province of Esteban Arce Anzaldo on the southern edge of the 490 km ² large fertile plateau of the Valle Alto. The village lies at an altitude of 3036 m about 30 km south of Lake La Angostura.

Geography

Anzaldo is located in the transition zone between the Andes mountain range, the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands.

The mean average temperature of the region is about 18 ° C (see climate chart Cochabamba ) and varies only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 20 ° C in October / November. Annual precipitation is only around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September, with monthly rainfall less than 10 mm, and a humidity season from December to February 90 to 120 mm month precipitation.

Traffic network

Anzaldo lies at a distance of 74 kilometers of road southeast of Cochabamba, the capital of the department of the same name.

From Cochabamba from the paved highway Ruta 7 results in a southeasterly direction 18 miles to the dam of La Angostura, from there down a country road for another 18 kilometers to the south to Tarata. From there it is 28 km road in a southeasterly direction to Anzaldo.

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades by more than half:

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Anzaldo 99.2 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.