Achocalla
Achocalla is a small town in the department of La Paz in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
Achocalla is the center of the homonymous district ( bolivian: Municipio) Achocalla and is located in the province of Murillo, 20 km southwest of the capital, La Paz The city lies at an altitude of 3762 m at approximately the same height as the center of La Paz and around 200 m below the plateau of El Alto.
Geography
Achocalla is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano and is to the east dominated by the peaks of the Cordillera Real, which increases with the Illimani heights of almost 6,500 meters here. The climate of the region is a typical diurnal climate in which the mean temperature fluctuations between day and night be more pronounced than during all seasons.
The average annual temperature of Achocalla is 9.5 ° C ( see climate chart Achocalla ), the monthly values vary between 7 ° C in July and 11 ° C from November to February. The annual rainfall is 600 mm, the climate is arid in the winter Between May and August, monthly values of less than 15 mm, while in the summer months from December to February between 100 and 130 mm of precipitation falls.
Traffic network
Achocalla is located at a distance of twenty kilometers of road south of La Paz, the capital of the department, and is connected to two different road links with the capital.
An access by Achocalla via the highway Ruta 2, which leads out of the valley of La Paz in the west to the high surface to El Alto. From there, follow the Ruta 1, six kilometers to the south, and then leaves the Altiplano on serpentine three kilometers down the valley to the center of Achocalla.
Another doorway leads from La Paz directly south along the Río de la Paz towards the suburb Mallasa and branches at Mallasilla west to Achocalla from.
Population
Achocalla belongs to the catchment area of the metropolis, La Paz and therefore has a rapid population growth, the population has increased over the past two decades to more than double: