Arpaja Alta
| Arpaja Alta | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 538 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3051 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0704-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 41 ′ S , 64 ° 57 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Nor Cinti Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Culpina climate diagram |
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Arpaja Alta is a scattered settlement in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Arpaja Alta is the sixth largest town in the canton of Villa Charcas in the newly created Municipio Villa Charcas in the province of Nor Cinti . The center of the village lies at an altitude of 3,051 m between the Río Terrado in the east and the Río Huana Chanayoj, which flows into the Río Terrado.
geography
Arpaja Alta is located in the mountainous region of the Cordillera de Tajsara o Tarachaca in the semi-arid transition area between the semi-humid mountain forests of the eastern mountain ranges of Bolivia and the arid Altiplano .
The annual rainfall varies between 350 and 550 mm and occurs mainly in the months from November to March; the winter months from May to August are largely free of precipitation (see Culpina climate diagram). The monthly average temperatures in the basin are between almost 20 ° C in December and 5 to 8 ° C in June / July.
population
The population of Arpaja Alta has increased by almost a fifth over the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 454 | census |
| 2012 | 538 | census |
Traffic situation
Arpaja Alta is 449 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.
From Sucre, the asphalt national road Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction to Potosí , the capital of the department bordering to the west. From here to the south, Ruta 1 leads , which is still paved for the first 37 kilometers to Cuchu Ingenio . After another 146 kilometers, the Ruta 1 reaches the city of Camargo . Another 19 kilometers south of Camargo, a dirt road branches off in an easterly direction, crosses the Río Camblaya and overcomes a height difference of 600 meters over the next 47 kilometers to Culpina. To the east of Culpina, a road branches off to the northeast and after a further 21 kilometers past Incahuasi it reaches the community of Villa Charcas .
On the northern edge of Villa Charcas, a country road branches off in a north-westerly direction, crosses the Río Papa Chajra and the Quebrada Rosasmayu and after five kilometers reaches the river bed of the Río Terrado, which is followed by the unpaved road four kilometers to the north. It then crosses the river in a westerly direction and after half a kilometer reaches Arpaja Alta .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aerial view of surface form and land use in the Andean basin of Culpina, southern Bolivia. Dr. Gerhard Gerold (1981)
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992 ( Memento from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
Web links
- Relief map 6631-IV of the Culpina region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 1.99 MB)
- Relief map of the Camargo region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Incahuasi - General Maps No. 10703
- Municipio Incahuasi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 482 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )