Achiri
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| subdivision_name1 = La Paz Department
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| subdivision_name2 = Pacajes Province
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| subdivision_name3 = Caquiaviri Municipality
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Achiri is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. In 2010 it had an estimated population of 817.{{cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-38&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x|title=World Gazetteer}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Topography
Achiri is the central village of the Archiri Canton in the Caquiaviri Municipality in the Pacajes Province. It is located in the Bolivian Altiplano on a height of about 3,900 m at one of the affluxes to Río Desaguadero. Achiri lies halfway between Lake Titicaca to the north and Nevado Sajama to the south, the highest mountain of Bolivia with 5.542m.
Climate
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Achiri is situated between the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central in the Andean dry climate of the Altiplano, the average precipitation is about 500 mm. The day-night temperature difference is by far bigger than the difference between summer and winter.
The average temperature over the year is about 9 °C, the average temperatures of the months vary between 5 °C in July and 10 °C in December. The monthly precipitation is under 10 mm in the dry season from May until August and 100 to 125 mm from January to February.
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|Jan high C = 17.3
|Feb high C = 17.4
|Mar high C = 17.5
|Apr high C = 17.7
|May high C = 16.6
|Jun high C = 15.9
|Jul high C = 15.5
|Aug high C = 16.7
|Sep high C = 17.7
|Oct high C = 18.8
|Nov high C = 19.8
|Dec high C = 19.7
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|Jan low C = 3.1
|Feb low C = 3.4
|Mar low C = 2.5
|Apr low C = -0.1
|May low C = -5.8
|Jun low C = -7.9
|Jul low C = -8.3
|Aug low C = -6.4
|Sep low C = -4.7
|Oct low C = -1.9
|Nov low C = -0.4
|Dec low C = 1.6
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|Jan precipitation mm = 140
|Feb precipitation mm = 87
|Mar precipitation mm = 71
|Apr precipitation mm = 26
|May precipitation mm = 3
|Jun precipitation mm = 7
|Jul precipitation mm = 3
|Aug precipitation mm = 8
|Sep precipitation mm = 9
|Oct precipitation mm = 19
|Nov precipitation mm = 36
|Dec precipitation mm = 71
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|source 1 = National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru{{cite web| url = https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/pdf/anexos-atlas-climatico.pdf
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Infrastructure
Achiri is located 148 route kilometers to the south west of La Paz, the capital of the Departamento with the same name.
From La Paz a bituminized route Fernstraße Ruta 2 leads to El Alto, from where the also bituminized Ruta 19 to the south west connects with Viacha. From that point on there is an earth road via Caquiaviri which gives access to Achiri and then goes to Charaña, close to the Chilean border.
Population
The number of residents grew with the factor five in the last 20 years:
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! Year ! Inhabitants ! Source |
| 1992
! 119 |
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| 2001 ! 646 |
| 2012
! 556 |
In the Canton belonging to Achiri s inhabited by 2.776 people. The local population belongs to the indigenous ethnicity of the Aymara.
References
External links
- [http://www.igmbolivia.gob.bo/downloads/cartografia/h50psad56/pdf/5742-II.pdf Reliefkarte Berenguela 1:50.000] Instituto Geográfico Militar Bolivia (PDF; 1,5 MB) (retrieved 8 April 2017)
- [http://www.udape.gob.bo/portales_html/portalSIG/atlasUdape1234567/atlas10_2009/html/atlas10_m.htm Municipio Caquiaviri - Übersichtskarten Nr. 20302]
- [http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020302&tipo=1 Municipio Caquiaviri - Detailkarte und Bevölkerungsdaten] (PDF; 807 kB) (Spanish)
- [http://www.ine.gob.bo/PDF/DIFD/IndicadoresSociodemograficosProvinciaMunicipiosLaPaz.pdf Departamento La Paz - Sozialdaten der Municipios] (PDF; 11,63 MB) (Spanish)
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Category:Populated places in La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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