Mecapaca | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Mecapaca Location of the Mecapaca Municipality within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates:16°43′0″S67°59′0″W / 16.71667°S 67.98333°W /-16.71667; -67.98333 | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Pedro Domingo Murillo Province |
| Seat | Mecapaca |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Arancibia Quisbert (2007) |
| Area | |
• Total | 203 sq mi (526 km2) |
| Elevation | 10,000 ft (3,000 m) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 16,027 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Mecapaca Municipality is the secondmunicipal section of thePedro Domingo Murillo Province in theLa Paz Department,Bolivia. Its seat isMecapaca. It is situated 28 km from the city ofLa Paz, the capital of the department and the seat of government for the country, and it stands at an elevation of 2,850 meters above sea level. According to the 2012 nationalcensus, the municipality of Mecapaca has a population of 16,027 inhabitants.[1]
During the colonial era, the Mecapaca Valleys were the Olympus for new immigrants, where the wealthiest people built their large houses.
The municipality of Mecapaca is located on the edge of the BolivianAltiplano at an average altitude of 3,700 meters above sea level, on the western edge of the Central Andes Cordillera, and is traversed from northwest to southeast by theChoqueyapu River.
It is located in the southern part of the Murillo province and borders the municipalities of La Paz to the north,Achocalla to the west,Calamarca in theAroma Province to the southwest,Sapahaqui in theLoayza province to the south, andPalca to the east.
The region has a marked diurnal climate, with temperature fluctuations throughout the day being greater than those throughout the year.
The average annual temperature of the municipality is 16°C, with monthly average temperatures slightly varying from just under 14°C in June/July to just under 18°C in November. The annual precipitation is 550 mm, with monthly precipitation ranging from less than 15 mm from May to August to 120 mm in January.
Mecapaca is 25 kilometers by road south of La Paz, the seat of the government of Bolivia. A rural road runs south from La Paz, passing through the Valley of the Moon and the town of Mallasa on the left bank of the Choqueyapu River until reaching Mecapaca.
Mecapaca has a mountainous topography, among its attractions are:
Additionally, Mecapaca has infrastructure for lodging services:
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