Arani, Bolivia

Arani is a country town in the Cochabamba Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Arani is the seat of government of the province of Arani and central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Arani. The village is situated in the fertile plain of Vallo Alto at an altitude of 2747 m on the edge of the Cordillera Oriental, which rises immediately to the east of Arani to over 3,600 m.

Geography

Arani 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

Arani is located at a distance of 55 kilometers of road southeast of Cochabamba, the capital of the department of the same name.

From Cochabamba the paved highway Ruta 7 a dirt road leads in a south-easterly direction 41 miles to San Benito, from there to the southeast across Punata by Arani.

Arani is also connected by a railway line with Cochabamba.

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades by about one-seventh:

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Arani 95.8 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.