Ancaravi
| Ancaravi | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 106 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3813 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0301-0100-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 24 ′ S , 67 ° 45 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Carangas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Turco |
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Ancaravi is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Ancaravi is a village in the municipality of Corque in the province of Carangas . Ancaravi lies at an altitude of 3813 m above sea level on the Bolivian Altiplano at the southwestern end of the Serranía de Huayllamarca .
geography
The climate of the Ancaravi region is semi-arid and has a short rainy season in summer, the annual precipitation is almost 300 mm (see Turco climate diagram). The annual average temperature is a good 6 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost .
The vegetation corresponds to the semi-arid puna . It is treeless and mainly consists of thorn bushes , grasses , succulents and cushion plants . It is used economically as a llama , alpaca and sheep pasture .
Transport network
Ancaravi is located at a distance of 90 kilometers by road southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department.
From Oruro, the unpaved national road Ruta 12 leads via Toledo to Ancaravi and on via Opoqueri , Huachacalla and Pisiga on the Chilean border to Colchane in Chile .
After overcoming the southern foothills of the Serranía de Huayllamarca, Ancaravi is the first village on the edge of the large plain that adjoins it to the west, here the national road Ruta 27 branches off from Ruta 12 to the northwest and leads via Turco to Cosapa .
population
The population of the village has been subject to strong fluctuations over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 166 | census |
| 2001 | 60 | census |
| 2013 | 106 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of indigenous population, in the Municipio Corque 89.7 percent of the 6-year-olds speak Aymara .
Individual evidence
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Relief map of the Nevado Sajama region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.0 MB)
- Municipio Corque - detailed map and population data (PDF; 592 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )