Achiri is a location in the La Paz Department in

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. 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 Caquiaviri is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinationa ...

in the

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. It is located in the Bolivian

Altiplano The Altiplano (Spanish language, Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechuan languages, Quechua and Aymara language, Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla people, Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extens ...

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

Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca (; ; ) 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. Titicaca is the largest lake in South America, both in terms of the volume of ...

to the north and

Nevado Sajama Nevado Sajama (; ) is an extinct volcano 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 top of ...

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

Climate

Achiri is situated between the Cordillera Oriental and the

Cordillera Central Central Cordillera refers to the New Guinea Highlands. Cordillera Central, meaning ''central range'' in Spanish, may refer to the following mountain ranges: * Cordillera Central, Andes (disambiguation), several mountain ranges in South America ** ...

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 La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...

, 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 List of Bolivian cities by population, 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- ...

, 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 Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian ...

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 Cha ...

, close to the

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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 {{PacajesProvince-geo-stub