Colcapirhua

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

Location in near space

Colcapirhua is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Colcapirhua in the province Quillacollo on the 300-km ², fertile and densely populated plateau of Cochabamba. The village lies at an altitude of 2565 m on the right bank of the Río Rocha and is pulled strongly at high water as in the spring of 2008 affected.

Geography

The climate of the plateau of Cochabamba is a subtropical mountain climate, which is characterized more by fluctuations in precipitation than by temperature differences during the year.

The annual rainfall is 500 mm (see climate chart Cochabamba ) and has a distinct dry season from April to October. The average annual temperature is 18 ° C, the monthly average values ​​fluctuate 15 to 20 ° C, the daytime highs in all seasons 25 to 30 ° C.

Traffic network

By Colcapirhua leads the 1657 km long highway Ruta 4, the coming crosses the Altiplano in east-west direction from the Chilean border in the lowland city of Santa Cruz passed the millions and leads to the Brazilian border. 8 km west of Colcapirhua on the Route 4 Quillacollo the city, 10 km to the east is the city of Cochabamba.

Population

The population of Colcapirhua has risen in the past two decades to more than double: