Patacamaya

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

Location in near space

Patacamaya is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Patacamaya in the province of flavor and lies at an altitude of 3801 m. Patacamaya is located on the left bank of the Río Kheto, a tributary of the Río Desaguadero, the achieved this at the village of Eucalyptus.

Geography

Patacamaya located on the Bolivian plateau 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 than in the course of the seasons.

The average annual temperature of the region is about 7 ° C, the annual precipitation is 460 mm (see climate chart Patacamaya ). The monthly average temperatures vary only slightly between 4 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C in November / December, the monthly rainfall range from less than 10 mm from May to August and at 110 mm in January.

Traffic network

Patacamaya is an important transport hub in the northern part of the Bolivian Altiplano: Here cross the major highways Ruta 1 and Ruta 4, and runs through Patacamaya the rail link between La Paz and Oruro.

From Patacamaya you can reach the capital La Paz to 103 kilometers on the Ruta 1 in the north and the city of Oruro on the Ruta 1 southbound in 131 kilometers. To the west, the Ruta 4 leads past the highest mountain of Bolivia, the Sajama, and reached Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border to 189 miles. And to the west Ruta 1 and Ruta 4 lead over 277 km to Cochabamba, the city of eternal spring.

Population

The population of the city has increased in the past five decades to more than five times:

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population in the municipality of Patacamaya 83.2 percent of the population speak the Aymara language.