Warisata
Warisata is a village in the department of La Paz in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
Warisata is the third largest town in the county ( bolivian: Municipio) Achacachi in the province Omasuyos. The village lies at an altitude of 3845 m on the southern edge of the Cordillera Muñecas, just seven kilometers as the crow flies from the " Gulf of Achacachi " in the southeastern part of Lake Titicaca.
Geography
Warisata located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges, the Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Central in the west to the east. The climate of the region is derived from the altitude on the Altiplano and proximity to large water surface of Lake Titicaca, which mitigates the temperature fluctuations.
The average annual temperature is 11 ° C (see climate chart Achacachi ), the monthly average in the coldest month (July ) with 8 ° C only slightly from the warmest months ( November to March) deviates by 12 ° C. The climate is arid June to August with only sporadic rainfall and humid in the summer months, especially December to March, with monthly rainfall of sometimes more than 100 mm. The annual rainfall is about 600 mm.
Infrastructure
Warisata is located 102 kilometers by road north-west of La Paz, the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz the paved highway Ruta 2 leads in a northwesterly direction 70 km to Huarina, then branches north along Ruta 16 from that reached after 23 kilometers Achacachi. Directly behind Achacachi branches off to the northeast from a road towards Sorata that achieved after eight kilometers Warisata. From there, the road continues over Sorata after Mapiri in the Yungas on the eastern edge of the mountain range of the Cordillera Central.
Population
The population of the settlement is increased by about 25 % in the current decade, from 838 inhabitants ( 2001 census ) 1,035 inhabitants ( 2009 estimate ). Because of the historical population growth, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population in the municipality of collana 94.1 % of the population speak the Aymara language.