Belén de Andamarca
| Belén de Andamarca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 639 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3835 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-1202-0100-1004 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 49 ′ S , 67 ° 39 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sud Carangas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Pampa Aullagas |
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Belén de Andamarca is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Belén de Andamarca is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Belén de Andamarca in the province of Sud Carangas . The village is located at an altitude of 3835 m, almost fifty kilometers west of Lake Poopó on the Bolivian highlands.
geography
Belén de Andamarca is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano and west of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central . The region is characterized by a distinct daytime climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations between day and night are greater than in the average course of the year.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 9 ° C (see climate diagram Pampa Aullagas) and fluctuates between 4 ° C in June and July and 11 ° C in the summer months from November to March. The annual precipitation is less than 300 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to November with monthly precipitation under 15 mm, and a maximum of 75 mm in January.
Transport network
Belén de Andamarca is located at a distance of 136 kilometers by road southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department.
The 279 kilometer long highway Ruta 12 leads through Toledo, which leads from Pisiga on the Chilean border in a north-easterly direction via Sabaya , Huachacalla , Ancaravi to Toledo and on to the capital Oruro. From Toledo, unpaved slopes run south over the wide plains of Lake Poopó to Andamarca , from there it is another sixteen kilometers west to Belén de Andamarca .
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 269 | census |
| 2001 | 318 | census |
| 2012 | 639 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Belén de Andamarca 88.0 percent of the population 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 from November 23, 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.
- ↑ INE social data ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. (PDF; 6.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Nevado Sajama region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.0 MB)
- Municipio Belén de Andamarca - General Maps No. 41202
- Municipio Belén de Andamarca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 326 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )