Belén (littoral)
| Belén | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Full name | Amanzanada Esmeralda | ||
| Residents (state) | 534 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3863 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0505-0400-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 53 ′ S , 68 ° 15 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Litoral Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Sabaya |
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Belén (also: Amanzanada Esmeralda ) is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Belén is the central place of the canton Belén in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Esmeralda in the province Litoral on the Bolivian Altiplano . Belén is located at an altitude of 3,863 m above sea level on the southwest slope of a mountain range made up of two Quaternary stratovolcanoes , the Pacha Kkollu Quimsa Misa (4702 m) in the northwest and the Inca Camacho (4792 m) in the northeast.
geography
The climate is semi-arid and has a short rainy season in summer, the annual precipitation is low 200 mm. The annual average temperature is almost 7 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost .
The vegetation in the Esmeralda area 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
Belén is located at a distance of 174 kilometers by road southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department.
From Oruro, the unpaved highway Ruta 12 leads via Toledo , Opoqueri and Huachacalla to Esmeralda and on via Sabaya to Pisiga on the Chilean border and to Colchane in Chile . Two kilometers south of Esmeralda, a dirt road branches off in a south-easterly direction from Ruta 12 and after four kilometers reaches the village of Belén .
population
The population of the village has increased several times over in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 80 | census |
| 2001 | 142 | census |
| 2012 | 534 | census |
The population of the municipality Esmeralda in 2001 was 952 people. Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of indigenous population, in the municipality of Esmeralda 81.6 percent of the over 6-year-olds speak the Aymara 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 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 Esmeralda - General Maps No. 40505
- Departamento Oruro - Social data (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Esmeralda - detailed map and population data (PDF; 309 kB) ( Spanish )