Comarapa

Location in near space

Comarapa is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Comarapa and administrative capital of the province of Manuel María Caballero. It lies at an altitude of 1825 m on the left bank of the Río Comarapa.

History

Comarapa was founded on June 11, 1615 under the name " Ciudad de Santa Maria de la Guardia y Mendoza " by order of the Viceroy of Peru. The new settlement was based on an ancient Inca fortress whose remains can still be found today.

Geography

Comarapa is located on the southeastern edge of the mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental, which forms the transition from the Bolivian lowlands to the high mountain ranges of the Andes. The climate is mild - moderate, and a typical diurnal climate where the average temperature differences between day and night are more pronounced than between seasons.

The average annual temperature is 20 ° C and varies only slightly between 17 ° C in July and nearly 22 ° C in November and December. The annual precipitation of 640 mm has a sufficient amount for agriculture and reaches in the summer months from December to February month values ​​between 100 and 125 mm; the dry season, with values ​​significantly lower than 40 mm from April to October, however, is relatively long.

Traffic network

Comarapa is located about halfway between the department capitals Santa Cruz and Cochabamba.

From Santa Cruz from the paved highway Route 9 leads over fourteen kilometers south-westerly direction to the junction of Ruta Ruta 7 7 leads 227 km above the towns of La Angostura and Samaipata after Comarapa. From there, the Ruta 7 performs another 260 kilometers in northwestern direction over Pojo and Epizana directly to Cochabamba, the capital of the department of Cochabamba.

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades to approximately twice: