Morochata

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

Location in near space

Morochata is the central place of the Canton Morochata and administrative seat of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Morochata in the province Ayopaya. The village lies at an altitude of 2991 m on a tributary to the Río Morochata, which drains to the Río Cotacajes out, one of the headwaters of the Río Beni.

Geography

Morochata lies between the Cordillera del Mazo Cruz and the Cordillera Tunari, a northwestern section of the Cordillera Oriental. The climate is a typical diurnal climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night be more pronounced than between seasons.

The average annual temperature of the region is just under 15 ° C (see climate chart Independencia ) and varies during the year between 11 ° C in June / July and 17 ° C in November / December. The annual rainfall is about 750 mm, with a dry season from May to August, monthly rainfall below 20 mm faces a pronounced moisture period in which the monthly values ​​go well beyond 100 mm from December to March.

Traffic network

Morochata lies at a distance of 76 kilometers of road northwest of Cochabamba, the capital of the department.

From Cochabamba from the paved highway Ruta 4 leads in a westerly direction 17 kilometers above Quillacollo after Vinto. There the unpaved highway Ruta 25 branches off to the northwest and overcomes on the 59 km long road to Morochata pass heights of over 4,300 m. The road then leads on to Independencia ( Ayopaya ) to La Paz

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades by almost half:

Due to the historically developed population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Morochata 96.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.