Acasio
| Acasio | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 855 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3004 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1302-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 1 ′ S , 66 ° 4 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Bernardino Province of Bilbao | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Arampampa |
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Acasio is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Acasio is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Acasio in the province of Bernardino Bilbao . The village is located at an altitude of 3004 m on a plateau between several headwaters of the Río Acasio , which flows 16 kilometers further downstream into the Río Caine , the upper reaches of the Río Grande .
geography
Acasio lies between the Bolivian Cordillera Central and the Cordillera Oriental in the transition area to the Bolivian lowlands. The climate of the region is a typical daytime climate in which the mean temperature fluctuation during the day is more pronounced than between the seasons.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 14-15 ° C (see climate diagram Arampampa) and fluctuates between just under 11 ° C in June and July and just under 17 ° C in November and December. The annual precipitation is a good 500 mm and has a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation of 0 to 20 mm, only in the short humid period from January to February 100 to 140 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Acasio is located at a distance of 278 kilometers by road east of Oruro , the capital of the neighboring Oruro department .
From Oruro, the paved road Ruta 1 leads south 22 kilometers via Vinto to Machacamarquita , eight kilometers north of Machacamarca . In Machacamarquita, the route 6 branches off in a south-easterly direction and reaches the city of Llallagua after 79 kilometers via Huanuni and over pass heights of more than 4,500 m . From there the Ruta 6 leads another seven kilometers to the provincial capital Uncía . Here a dirt road branches off to the east and after seventeen kilometers it reaches Chayanta.From here to Acasio there is another 150 kilometers on a serpentine unpaved road that crosses the Río Chayanta at an altitude of 3,250 m at Colloma and on its further way up again ascends over 4,400 m before finally winding down to the valley of Acasio.
population
The population of the village has increased only marginally in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 574 | census |
| 2001 | 552 | census |
| 2012 | 855 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Acasio 67.6 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of December 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ INE social data ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.2 MB)
Web links
- Topographic map of the Independencia region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.5 MB)
- Relief map of the Uncia region 1: 250,000 (JPG; 8.3 MB)
- Municipio Acasio - General Maps No. 51302
- Municipio Acasio- detailed map and population data (PDF; 452 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - Social data of the provinces and municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )
