TapacarÃ
Tapacari is a town in the Cochabamba Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
Tapacari is the central place of the Canton Tapacari district ( bolivian: Municipio) Tapacari and administrative center of the province Tapacari. The village lies at an altitude of 2997 m at the confluence of the rivers Río Huareca, Río Semana Uma, Uma and Río Río Pavkha Makhala that unite here to Río Tapacari.
Geography
Tapacari lies to the east of the Altiplano between the mountains of the Serrania de Sicasica and the Cordillera Mesa Cruz, which in turn is a part of the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental. The region is characterized by a typical diurnal climate where the temperature differences during the day clearly significant than seasonal temperature differences.
The mean annual temperature of the region is 10-11 ° C (see climate chart Arque ), the monthly average temperatures vary between 6-7 ° C in June / July and 13 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation is about 600 mm and falls mainly from December to February with monthly rainfall of 100-140 mm, while in the winter months of May there is a dry season with monthly rainfall of less than 15 mm to September.
Traffic
The village is located about 100 kilometers by road from Cochabamba away in a southwesterly direction and is accessible from the capital of the department from within 4-6 hours.
From Cochabamba from the highway Ruta 4 leads 37 km to Parotani, then a dirt road west to Tapacari, during the dry season is the largely dried-up riverbed of the Río Tapacari as running track. From the West Tapacari can be reached via a dirt road also Independencia ( Ayopaya ) ago, which leads to about 4,000 m above a pass.
Population
The population of the town has risen in the past two decades to nearly twice:
Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Tapacari 75.5 % of the population speak the Quechua language.
Economy
The inhabitants are mainly involved in subsistence farming with the cultivation of potatoes, ocas, beans and cereals and sheep and goat farming for self-supply, in addition they deliver in small quantities and food products for the market in Quillacollo.
Tourism
On 26 January, in Tapacari, the annual festival of Tapacari ' celebrated with regional folklore.