Atulcha

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Atulcha
Church in Atulcha
Church in Atulcha
Basic data
Residents (state) 112 pop. (2012 census)
height 3682  m
Post Code 05-0901-0700-1001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 20 ° 34 ′  S , 67 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 20 ° 34 ′  S , 67 ° 38 ′  W
Atulcha (Bolivia)
Atulcha
Atulcha
politics
Department Potosí
province Nor Lípez Province
climate
Climate diagram Colcha "K"
Climate diagram Colcha "K"

Atulcha is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Atulcha is the central place of the canton Atulcha in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Colcha "K" in the province of Nor Lípez . The village is located on the southern edge of the Salar de Uyuni , with an area of ​​more than 10,000 square kilometers, the largest salt lake in the world.

geography

Atulcha is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera de Lípez in the southeast. The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with the mean temperature fluctuation during the day being more pronounced than during the course of the seasons.

Significant precipitation falls only in the months of January to March (see climate diagram Colcha "K"), the remaining nine months of the year are arid , the total precipitation in the region does not reach 100 mm per year. The annual average temperature is just under 7 ° C, the monthly values ​​fluctuate only insignificantly between 2 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C from November to March, although nocturnal frosts are possible throughout the year.

Transport network

Atulcha is 375 kilometers southwest of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name.

From Potosí the asphalted highway Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction 198 kilometers to Uyuni , from there it continues to the south-west and after 61 kilometers it reaches the bridge over the Río Grande de Lípez . Behind the bridge, Ruta 5 branches off in a north-westerly direction and after 36 kilometers reaches the village of Río Grande on the railway line from Uyuni to Avaroa on the Chilean border and on to Antofagasta . The road follows the railway line in a south-westerly direction and after another 30 kilometers reaches Julaca . Directly behind Julaca, an unpaved salt track branches off in a north-westerly direction and leads for another fifty kilometers via Mañica , Colcha "K" and Chuvica to Atulcha .

population

The town's population has risen by a third in the decade between the last two registered censuses . Data from the latest 2012 census are not yet available.

year Residents source
1992 76 census
2001 102 census
2012 112 census

Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Colcha "K" 90 percent of the inhabitants speak the Quechua language ( 2001 ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ INE social data La Paz 2001 ( Memento from December 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 5.24 MB)

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