Ayopaya

Independencia (also: Ayopaya ) is a country town in the Cochabamba Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Independencia is the seat of the administration of the province Ayopaya and is located in the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Ayopaya between the rivers Río Ayopaya and Río Negro. The village lies at an altitude of 2633 m on the left bank of the Río Barranca Khuti, the direction of flows below the town to the northeast and ends after twelve kilometers in the Río Negro.

Geography

Independencia is located between the Cordillera del Mazo Cruz and the Cordillera Tunari, a northwestern section of the Cordillera Oriental. The climate is a typical diurnal climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night be more pronounced than between seasons.

The average annual temperature of the region is just under 15 ° C (see climate chart Independencia ) and varies during the year between 11 ° C in June / July and 17 ° C in November / December. The annual rainfall is about 750 mm, with a dry season from May to August, monthly rainfall below 20 mm faces a pronounced moisture period in which the monthly values ​​go well beyond 100 mm from December to March.

Traffic network

Independencia is located at a distance of 164 kilometers of road northwest of Cochabamba, the capital of the department.

By Independencia leads the unpaved Ruta 25 highway that leads to the north-south direction of La Paz on Chulumani after Independencia and on to Cochabamba.

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades by more than three quarters:

The majority of the local population belongs to the indigenous people of Quechua, in the municipality of Ayopaya 97.9 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.