Cliza (town)

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

Location in near space

Cliza is the seat of the administration of the province Germán Jordán and is located in the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Cliza on the 490 km ² large fertile plateau of the Valle Alto. The village lies at an altitude of 2721 m on the right bank of the Río Cliza, about 15 kilometers from the edge of the Cordillera Oriental, which rises at the nearby San Benito to over 4,100 m.

Geography

Cliza 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

Cliza located 41 kilometers by road from Cochabamba, the capital of the department of the same name.

From Cochabamba the paved highway Ruta 7 results in a southeasterly direction 33 miles to Tolata, then a dirt road eight kilometers further south to Cliza and on to Toco.

Population

The population of Cliza has risen in the past two decades by about two-thirds:

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Cliza 91.1 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.