Charazani

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title: "Charazani" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-la-paz-department-(bolivia)"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-la-paz-department-bolivia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charazani" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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|postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = Climate |blank_info = Cwb |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = Charazani or Charasani is a small town in the South American Andes in Bolivia.

Location

Charazani is the capital of Bautista Saavedra Province and central town of the municipality. It is situated on a spur at an elevation of 3,200 m amsl between Cordillera Muñecas in the south and Cordillera Apolabamba in the north, on a Mapiri River tributary which itself flows towards Beni River.

Infrastructure

Charazani is located 254 km north-west of La Paz, the capital of La Paz Department. From La Paz, the asphaltic highway Ruta 2 goes 70 km north-west to Huarina, where the asphaltic Ruta 16 branches south-west for another 97 km along Lake Titicaca till Escoma. From Escoma a dirt road goes north and reaches Charazani after 87 km.

The weekly village market attracts vendors and visitors from a wide area. The market makes Charazani economically the most significant locality in the Charazani valley.

Population

The population of Charazani has risen by 20% in the recent decade, from 501 inhabitants (2001 census) to 604 inhabitants (2008 est.). Currently, La Paz's Gobernación shows that Charazani has 11 761 inhabitants in the whole municipality. Most inhabitants of the Charazani municipality live in poverty: 91,5% of the municipality are unable to suffice their basic needs.

It boasts of a population that speaks Quechua, which is also learned at school. About 76.5% of the municipality speak Quechua as a primary language followed by Aymara speakers, 13%.

Charazani is a major locality for the Kallawaya, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage culture of ritualistic healers.

Climate

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Charazani |Jan high C = 18.1 |Feb high C = 18.0 |Mar high C = 18.2 |Apr high C = 18.6 |May high C = 17.9 |Jun high C = 18.1 |Jul high C = 18.3 |Aug high C = 19.3 |Sep high C = 19.3 |Oct high C = 19.7 |Nov high C = 20.0 |Dec high C = 18.7 | year high C = |Jan low C = 8.3 |Feb low C = 8.6 |Mar low C = 8.4 |Apr low C = 6.8 |May low C = 4.6 |Jun low C = 2.9 |Jul low C = 3.6 |Aug low C = 4.5 |Sep low C = 6.1 |Oct low C = 7.3 |Nov low C = 7.9 |Dec low C = 8.5 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 76 |Feb precipitation mm = 72 |Mar precipitation mm = 50 |Apr precipitation mm = 31 |May precipitation mm = 13 |Jun precipitation mm = 9 |Jul precipitation mm = 8 |Aug precipitation mm = 10 |Sep precipitation mm = 26 |Oct precipitation mm = 29 |Nov precipitation mm = 30 |Dec precipitation mm = 45 |year precipitation mm = | source 1 = Dirección General de Riego Vice Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Riego{{cite web | url = https://www.scribd.com/document/433889099/ABRO-CHARAZANI-pdf | title = Abro Charazani PDF | publisher= Dirección General de Riego Vice Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Riego | access-date = 11 June 2024}} |source 2 = National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru (precipitation){{cite web| url = https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/pdf/anexos-atlas-climatico.pdf |title = anexos atlas climatico | publisher= National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru | access-date = 13 June 2024}}

References

References

  2. Schoop, Wolfgang. (1982). "Güteraustausch und regionale Mobilität im Kallawaya-Tal (Bolivien)". Erdkunde.
  3. (November 2016)

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