Yampupata

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

Location in near space

The village is located in Canton Yampupata Zampaya district ( bolivian: Municipio) Copacabana in the province of Manco Kapac at an altitude of 3835 m on the shores of Lake Titicaca. The village at the northern tip of the peninsula Yampupata is the starting point for tourist trips on the one kilometers north-west location Isla del Sol ( Island of the Sun dt ), whose archaeological remains are closely linked to the Inca mythology.

Geography

Yampupata located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges, the Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Central in the west to the east.

The mean average temperature of the region is 10 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 600 mm. The region has a pronounced diurnal climate, the monthly average temperatures vary only slightly between 8 ° C in July and 11 ° C in December. The monthly rainfall range from less than 10 mm in the months of June and July and about 100 mm from December to February.

Traffic network

Yampupata lies at a distance of 164 kilometers of road north-west of La Paz, the capital of the department of the same name.

From La Paz the paved highway Ruta 2 leads in a northwesterly direction over Huarina to San Pablo de Tiquina on Lake Titicaca, where the sea - strait is crossed by boat. After a further 40 kilometers, the Ruta 2 Copacabana achieved. From here, about 17 kilometers down a dirt road along the coast in a north-westerly direction until after Yampupata.

Population

The population of the town was in the 2001 census at 279 residents. Because of the historical population growth, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population in the municipality of Copacabana 94.3 % of the population speak the Aymara language.