Arbieto

Arbieto is a small town in the Cochabamba Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Arbieto is the central place of the district ( bolivian: municipality ) in the Province of Esteban Arce Arbieto on the 490 km ² large fertile plateau of the Valle Alto. The village lies at an altitude of 2722 m, about three kilometers south of the dam La Angostura.

Geography

Arbieto 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

Arbieto lies at a distance of 39 kilometers of road southeast of Cochabamba, the capital of the department of the same name.

From Cochabamba from the paved highway Ruta 7 results in a southeasterly direction 18 miles to the dam of La Angostura, from there down a country road for another 18 kilometers to the south to Tarata. From Tarata out there are another three kilometers of land in the northerly direction to Arbieto.

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades to a multiple of:

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Arbieto 92.4 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.

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