Lahuachaca

Lahuachaca is a small town in the department of La Paz in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Lahuachaca is the central place of the Canton Lahuachaca district ( bolivian: Municipio) Sica Sica in the province of flavor and lies at an altitude of 3792 m. North of Lahuachaca extends the wide plains of the Bolivian highlands, and directly east of the village rises the Serranía de Sicasica, a north- south oriented mountain barrier between La Paz and Cochabamba, which rises to 4,500 m.

Geography

Lahuachaca located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano before the high mountain range of the Cordillera Central. The vegetation of the region is sparse, for no more lush growth at this rate is possible. The region has a pronounced diurnal climate, in which the mean temperature variation during the day is more pronounced as the year progresses.

The average annual temperature of the region is about 11 ° C, the monthly values ​​vary only slightly between 7 ° C in June / July and 13 ° C in November / December (see climate chart Belén ). The annual rainfall is low 450 mm in the arid period from April to October are the monthly values ​​below 25 mm, and only the months from December to February have increased rainfall 80-115 mm.

Traffic network

Lahuachaca lies at a distance of 133 kilometers of road southeast of La Paz, the capital of the department of the same name.

From La Paz from the paved highway Ruta Ruta 2 1 leads west to El Alto, from there 120 km south across Sica Sica after Lahuachaca. From there, the highway continues in a southeasterly direction to the department capitals Oruro, Potosí and Tarija and Bermejo according to the Argentine border.

Population

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

Because of the historical population growth, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population in the municipality of Sica Sica 90.3 percent of the population speak the Aymara language.