Agua de Castilla
| Agua de Castilla | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2817 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 153 | ||
| height | 4020 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1203-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 46 ′ S , 65 ° 59 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Antonio Quijarro Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Potosí |
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Agua de Castilla is a country town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Agua de Castilla is the second largest city in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Porco in the province of Antonio Quijarro . The settlement lies at an altitude of 4020 m on one of the tributaries to the Río Tumusla and is primarily a mining settlement.
geography
Agua de Castilla is located on the Altiplano in central Bolivia between the Cordillera de Chichas in the southwest and the Cordillera Central in the northeast.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 11 ° C (see Potosí climate diagram), the monthly average temperatures vary between 8 ° C in June / July and a good 13 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is only about 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation between 0 and 15 mm, and a short humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation of a good 70 mm.
Transport network
Agua de Castilla is 46 kilometers by road southwest of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the Ruta 5 trunk road leads through the cities of Agua de Castilla , Chaquilla , Yura , Ticatica and Pulacayo to Uyuni on the Salar de Uyuni salt lake .
population
The population of the village has increased significantly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 826 | census |
| 2001 | 1 504 | census |
| 2013 | 2,817 | census |
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ CENSO DE POBLACION Y VIVIENDA 2012 ( Memento from February 19, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Relief map of the Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Porco - General Maps No. 51203
- Municipio Porco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 699 kB) ( Spanish ) Departamento Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )