Achiri is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. In 2010 it had an estimated population of 817.

Topography

Achiri is the central village of the Archiri Canton in the

Caquiaviri Municipality Caquiaviri Municipality is the second municipal section of the Pacajes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Caquiaviri. See also * Achiri * Jach'a Jawira * Thujsa Jawira * Qala Jawira Qala Jawira (Aymara ''qala'' ston ...

in the

Pacajes Province Pacajes is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Coro Coro. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:Boliviam IGM map Rosario Hoja 5841-IV The most important river of the province ...

. It is located in the Bolivian

Altiplano The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extensive high plateau on Earth outside Tibet. The plateau is located at the ...

on a height of about 3,900 m at one of the affluxes to Río Desaguadero. Achiri lies halfway between

Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, i ...

to the north and

Nevado Sajama Nevado Sajama (; ) is an extinct stratovolcano and the highest peak in Bolivia. The mountain is located in Sajama Province, in Oruro Department. It is situated in Sajama National Park and is a composite volcano consisting of a stratovolcano on t ...

to the south, the highest mountain of Bolivia with 5.542m.

Clima

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.

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 El Alto (Spanish for "The Heights") is the second-largest city in Bolivia, located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands. El Alto is today one of Bolivia's fastest-growing urban centers, with an estimat ...

, from where the also bituminized Ruta 19 to the south west connects with

Viacha Viacha is a city in Bolivia, situated in the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department. Viacha lies in the Altiplano, 22 km southwest of La Paz. Transportation to and from the city includes cars, buses, and a train. Economy Viacha is hom ...

. From that point on there is an earth road via

Caquiaviri Caquiaviri is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Caquiaviri Municipality, the second municipal section of the Pacajes Province. References Populated places in La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaP ...

which gives access to Achiri and then goes to

Charaña Charaña is a high elevation town in the altiplano of the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Charaña Municipality, the fifth municipal section of the Pacajes Province. Charaña is east of the border with Chile. History Ch ...

, close to the

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an border.

Population

The number of residents grew with the factor five in the last 20 years: In the Canton belonging to Achiri s inhabited by 2.776 people. The local population belongs to the indigenous ethnicity of the

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

References

External links

Reliefkarte Berenguela 1:50.000
Instituto Geográfico Militar Bolivia (PDF; 1,5 MB) (retrieved 8 April 2017)

Municipio Caquiaviri - Detailkarte und Bevölkerungsdaten
(PDF; 807 kB) (''Spanish'')
Departamento La Paz - Sozialdaten der Municipios
(PDF; 11,63 MB) (''Spanish'') Populated places in La Paz Department (Bolivia) Lagerstätten {{LaPazBO-geo-stub