Machacamarca (Aroma)

Machacamarca is a village in the department of La Paz in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Machacamarca is a central place in the canton of Nueva Esperanza de Machacamarca and is located in the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Colquencha in the province of flavor at an altitude of 3910 m. At Machacamarca over the railway line from La Paz to Oruro leads.

Geography

Machacamarca located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges, the Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Central in the west to the east. The region has a pronounced diurnal climate in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day be more pronounced as the year progresses.

The average annual temperature of the region is 10 ° C (see climate chart Colquencha ), the monthly average temperatures vary only slightly between 7 ° C in June / July and about 12 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is about 500 mm, the monthly rainfall range from less than 10 mm in the dry season from May to August and 125 mm in January.

Traffic

From La Paz from the paved highway Ruta 2 leads west to El Alto, from there 39 km to the south of the Ruta 1 to the village Vilaque Copata. From there you can reach via a dirt road to seven kilometers in a southwesterly direction Machacamarca.

Population

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

Because of the historical population growth, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population in the municipality of Colquencha 92.5 % of the population speak the Aymara language.