Ironcollo

Ironcollo was a small town in the Cochabamba Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Ironcollo ware second largest town in the county ( bolivian: Municipio) Quillacollo in the province Quillacollo. Ironcollo lies at an altitude of 2607 m on the western shore of the Río Liriuni flowing from the slopes of the Cordillera de Cochabamba in the valley of Cochabamba and was formerly just north of Ironcollo formed a two-kilometer -long lake, which by due to population pressure in the valley Cochabamba has since been drained. As of the census of November 2012 Ironcollo is no longer listed as a separate village but is now part of the city Quillacollo.

Geography

Ironcollo 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

Ironcollo is located at a distance of seventeen kilometers west of Cochabamba, the capital of the department, and four kilometers north of Quillacollo, the administrative seat of the province.

By Cochabamba and Quillacollo leads the 1657 km long highway Ruta 4, which begins at the Chilean border at Tambo Quemado in the far west. Takes you across the entire country Quillacollo, Cochabamba and Villa Tunari to Santa Cruz and ends in the southeastern part of the country on the border with Brazil in the city of Puerto Quijarro.

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades to more than five times:

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population. Speaking in the municipality of Quillacollo - despite the large urban reshaping - still 55.8 percent of the population, the Quechua language.