Ascanty
| Ascanty | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 491 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2781 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0601-1900-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 55 ′ S , 65 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Nor Chichas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cotagaita |
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Ascanty (also: Ascanti) is a town in the Potosí Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Ascanty is the central place in the canton of Valle Hermoso in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Cotagaita in the province of Nor Chichas . The village is located at an altitude of 2781 m in the valley of the Río Totora , which only carries water during the rainy season and which leads to the Río Cotagaita and is connected to the Río Pilcomayo via the Río Tumusla and the Río San Juan del Oro .
geography
Ascanty lies between the ridges of the Cordillera de Chichas and the Cordillera Central , which rise from the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 15 ° C (see climate diagram Cotagaita) and fluctuates only slightly between 11 ° C in June / July and 18 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is only about 300 mm, with a very pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 70 to 80 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Ascanty is located at a distance of 253 kilometers by road south of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the paved road Ruta 1 leads from Lake Titicaca in the north to the Argentine border in the south and crosses the cities of El Alto , Oruro and Potosí . From Potosí it leads over 37 kilometers in a southerly direction to Cuchu Ingenio , where route 14 branches off in a southerly direction and leads via Vitichi , Tumusla and Cotagaita to Ascanty and further via the village of Ramadas to Villazón on the Argentine border.
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 225 | census |
| 2001 | 486 | census |
| 2012 | 491 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Cotagaita 96 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
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 from September 24, 2015 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.
- ↑ 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
- Municipio Cotagaita - General Maps No. 50601 ( Spanish )
- Municipio Cotagaita - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.54 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - Social data of the provinces and municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )