Khasani

Khasani (also: Kasani ) is a village in the department of La Paz in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Khasani is a village in Canton Lokha district ( bolivian: municipality ) in the province of Manco Kapac Copacabana, near the border with the Republic of Peru. The village is situated in the southern part of Lake Titicaca at an altitude of 3830 m on a peninsula that connects the Peruvian territory with the county Copacabana.

Geography

Khasani located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges, the Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Central in the west to the east. The climate of the region is a typical diurnal climate, in which the mean fluctuation of daily temperatures is more distinct than the fluctuation of temperatures during the year.

The average annual temperature of the region is about 8 ° C (see climate chart Copacabana ), the monthly values ​​vary only slightly between about 6 ° C in June / July and 10 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation is about 700 mm, the monthly rainfall range from less than 10 mm in the months of June and July and 150 mm in January and February.

Traffic network

Khasani lies at a distance of 155 kilometers of road north-west of La Paz, the capital of the department of the same name.

From La Paz the paved highway Ruta 2 leads in a northwesterly direction over Huarina to San Pablo de Tiquina on Lake Titicaca, where the road from Tiquina is crossed with boats and reached after a further 40 kilometers, the country town of Copacabana. From there, the Ruta 2 continues south to Khasani. Nearest town across the border on Peruvian territory is the small town Yunguyo. From Puno in Peru is a direct bus route on Khasani and Copacabana to La Paz

Population

The settlement consists of the districts " Centro ", " Zona Río Seco ", " Villa Natividad " and " Zona Villa Natividad " together. The population of Khasani has risen in the decade between the last two censuses registered by about a tenth. Census data from 2012 are not yet available:

The population of the settlement at the 2001 census was 441 inhabitants.

Because of the historical population growth, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population in the municipality of Copacabana 94.3 percent of the population speak the Aymara language.