Anchallani

Anchallani (also: Anchacallani ) is a village in the department of La Paz in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location

Anchallani is the central place of the Canton Anchallani population and the strongest place in the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Luribay in the province Loayza. The village lies at an altitude Aucapata of 4187 m in a high valley 10 km south-west of the Río Luribay and 20 kilometers from Luribay removed, the central location of the municipios.

Geography

Anchallani is located in the Cordillera Serranía de Sicasica, between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands to the east. The climate of the region is a typical daytime air, wherein the variation of the temperature during the day more marked than the mean variation in the seasons.

The average annual temperature of the locality is situated at 8 ° C, the monthly values ​​vary between 10 ° C in November / December and some 5 ° C in June / July (see climate chart Anchallani ). The annual rainfall is about 500 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to October and a January high of about 100 mm.

Traffic network

Anchallani lies at a distance of 160 kilometers of road southeast of La Paz, the capital of the department of the same name.

From La Paz the paved highway Ruta 1 leads in a southerly direction 104 miles to Patacamaya. From there branches six kilometers further south down a dirt access road northeast towards Luribay from that reached after 50 kilometers Anchallani.

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades to nearly double:

Because of the historical population development, the Aymara population is predominant in Anchallani, in the municipality of Luribay 97.3 percent of the population speak the Aymara language.