Palca, Bolivia

Palca is a village in the department of La Paz in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Palca is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Palca and administrative center of the province of Murillo. The village lies at an altitude of 3465 m on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano, halfway between the capital La Paz and Illimani, on the left bank of the Río Choquecota, which flows into the Río Palca.

Geography

Palca is on the edge of the massif Quimsa Cruz, which is a part of the Bolivian Cordillera Real. Kliam the region is a typical day time environment, in which the daily variation of the temperatures more marked than the mean temperature differences of seasons.

The mean average temperature of the region is about 8 ° C (see climate chart Palca ) and varies only slightly between 6 ° C in June / July and 10 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is about 600 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to August, month rainfall below 15 mm, and a maximum rainfall of 120 mm in January.

Traffic network

Palca located 20 km southeast of La Paz and is connected to the capital by a dirt road. The road passes through the Palca Canyon, the Bryce Canyon is similar with its bizarre reddish brown rock formations in the United States.

Population

The population of the town was subject to fluctuations in the past two decades:

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population in the municipality of Palca 94.1 percent of the population speak the Aymara language.