Quime is a small town, located in the South East part of the city of La Paz, the cordinates are 16° 59' 0" South, 67° 13' 0" to the West. The climate is perfect since the town is between the mountains and the tropics. It has a large vegetation mostly eucalyptus

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...

. It has three beautiful rivers with clear water, named the river Quime, the river Chanvillalla, and the river Chichipata.

Geography

Quime has a total of 20,000 square miles, 3218688 kilometers square. Quime is bordered by Suri and Choquetanga in the north, Inquisivi and Comunidad chiji in the East, Wanacota and Estancia Arapata in the South, and Caracoles and Chojnacota in the West.

Geology and terrain

Quime is divided into two different regions. The upper region is from the main street, which is Juan G Calderon all the way to the top end, where the climate is moderate; and the lower region is from the other main street Avenue Bolivar all the way down to the end, where the climate is a little warmer, since this region is closer to the main river.

Climate

In the town itself the temperature is moderate; most of the time the temperature is 50-55F. If you go up North the temperature it may change depending on the location, if you go to the lower part of the town the temperature is warmer.

Religion

70 % of the population are Catholics, 20 % Christians, and 10% other. They usually go to church on Sundays. There is an annual party in honor to Apostle Santiago.

Economy

Quime's economy is based on agriculture and the extraction of minerals.

Agriculture: mostly the production of potatoes, corn, tomatoes, carrots, eucalyptus.

Minerals: these are some of the minerals you can find in the region:

Antimony,Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Scheelite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Tourmaline, Tungstite, Valentinite, Vivianite,Wolfram,Apatite, Arsenopyrite, Calcite,Chalcopyrite, Ferberite
Muscovite,Pyrite

Education

There is a private and public school with grades from K-12. The name of the middle school is Teodomiro Urquiola; the name of the High school is National Mixto Quime. Most of the students from the other regions of the provincia Inquisivi are obliged to go to the High School National Quime because it is one of the best in the region.

External links

• Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia