Quillacollo

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

Location in near space

Quillacollo is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Quillacollo and administrative capital of the Province Quillacollo. The city is located in the densely populated Cochabamba Valley, which extends over an area of ​​about 25 by 10 km and its surrounding mountains have heights of over 5,000 m. It is located south of the Cordillera de Cochabamba at an altitude of 2425 m on the Rio Rocha, one of the headwaters of the Bolivian Río Grande.

Geography

Quillacollo is located in the transition zone between the Andes mountain range, the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands.

The mean average temperature of the region is about 18 ° C (see climate chart Cochabamba ) and varies only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 20 ° C in October / November. Annual precipitation is only around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September, with monthly rainfall less than 10 mm, and a humidity season from December to February 90 to 120 mm month precipitation.

Traffic network

Quillacollo is located at a distance of thirteen Straßenkiloemetern west of the Bolivian city of Cochabamba, capital of the department.

By Quillacollo leads the 1657 km long highway Ruta 4, which begins at the Chilean border at Tambo Quemado in the far west. Takes you across the entire country Quillacollo, Cochabamba, Villa Tunari and Santa Cruz and ends in the southeastern part of the country on the border with Brazil in the city of Puerto Quijarro.

Population

Quillacollo is one of several satellite towns in the agglomeration Cochabamba, Cochabamba and the city itself has a population approaching one million mark. Many professionals from Quillacollo work in Cochabamba, the two cities are connected by the Avenida Blanco Galindo.

The population of the town has increased over the past three and a half decades to several times:

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, speak in the municipality of Quillacollo - despite the large urban reshaping - still 55.8 percent of the population, the Quechua language.

Urban Living

The architecture of the city has postcolonial trains, but there are also modern residential and commercial buildings.

One of the main sources of income of the city is tourism. Quillacollo is known for its flea markets and fruit and vegetable markets, but especially for the annual festival in August Virgen de Urkupiña, one of the largest in Bolivia next to the Carnival of Oruro. An estimated 500,000 pilgrims visit every year the sanctuary of the Virgin of Quillacollo, including many foreign tourists.