Azurduy
| Azurduy | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1229 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2490 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0201-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 6 ′ S , 64 ° 25 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Azurduy Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Azurduy |
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Azurduy is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia , named after the freedom fighter Juana Azurduy de Padilla .
Location in the vicinity
Azurduy is the seat of the administration of the province of the same name Azurduy and the central place of the Municipio Azurduy . The village is located at an altitude of 2490 m at the confluence of the Río La Rinconada and Río San Gerónimo in one of the side valleys of the Bolivian Cordillera Central , ten kilometers east of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Azurduy is located between the Altiplano in the west and the lowlands in the east in one of the north-south side valleys of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The climate of the region is a distinct daytime climate , in which the temperature differences between day and night fluctuate more clearly than the average values between summer and winter.
The annual average temperature is 14 ° C (see Azurduy climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate between 10 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C in December / January. Annual precipitation is just under 550 mm, with a dry season and monthly values below 10 mm from May to August, and maximum values of 100 to 110 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Azurduy is located at a distance of 317 kilometers by road southeast of Sucre , the capital of the department.
The 976 km long national road Ruta 6 runs through Sucre , which connects the capital with the Bolivian lowlands and the metropolis of Santa Cruz there . The road from Sucre to the east is paved only for the first 67 kilometers to Tarabuco , the following 120 kilometers to Padilla are covered with unpaved gravel. Fifteen kilometers before Padilla, a dirt road branches off to the south and leads via Alcalá and Tarvita after 150 kilometers to Azurduy .
population
The population of the village has almost doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 836 | census |
| 2001 | 1 098 | census |
| 2012 | 1 229 | census |
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 ( Memento of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Relief map 6733-IV of the Azurduy region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 3.37 MB)
- Relief map of the Camiri region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 3.77 MB)
- Municipio Azurduy - General Maps No. 10201
- Municipio Azurduy - detailed map and population data (PDF; 113 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )