Caracollo

Caracollo is a small town in the department of Oruro in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Caracollo is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Caracollo in the province Carangas. The city lies at an altitude of 3791 m on the Rio Caracollo, the Coming flows from north to Uru Uru Lake and on to Poopó lake. To the NE, the valley of the Río Caracollo by the Serranía de Sicasica is limited, which here reaches heights of up to more than 4500 mm.

Geography

Caracollo located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano before the high mountain range of the Cordillera Central. The vegetation of the region is sparse, for no more lush growth at this rate is possible. The region has a typical diurnal climate in which the daily temperature fluctuations are more pronounced than the temperature fluctuations between winter and summer.

The average annual temperature is in the long -term average at 8 ° C, the monthly values ​​vary between 4 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C in December (see climate chart Caracollo ). However, nocturnal freezing temperatures are possible at almost any time of year. The annual rainfall is low 400 mm, of April is a pronounced dry season until October and fall only from December to March precipitation of up to 100 mm in the monthly average. Due to the low rainfall, the sky is overcast and intense blue color.

Traffic network

Caracollo located 40 road kilometers north-northwest of the city of Oruro, capital of the department of the same name. Caracollo is the crossroads of various inter-regional trunk roads of Bolivia.

From north to south, runs through the city, the Ruta 1, a 1215 km long highway that crosses from Desaguadero on Lake Titicaca in the north of the entire Altiplano and in Bermejo ends at the border with Argentina.

From east to west Caracollo is crossed by the Route 4, which runs from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border over Cochabamba and Santa Cruz to Puerto Suarez on the border with Brazil.

Caracollo is also the starting point of the Ruta 44, which opens up from here in a northeasterly direction, the Serranía de Sicasica and ends in the city Colquiri.

Population

The population of Caracollo has risen in the past two decades by nearly half: