Caigua
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| Caigua | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 378 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 845 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0303-0100-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 10 ′ S , 63 ° 25 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Gran Chaco Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Villamontes |
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Caigua is a town in the Tarija Department in the extreme south of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Caigua is the second largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Villamontes in the province of Gran Chaco . The village is located at an altitude of 845 m at the eastern foot of the Voranden chain of the Serranía Aguaragüe , which runs here in a north-south direction and reaches an altitude of more than 1,400 m. A few kilometers further south, the Serranía Aguaragüe is broken through by the Río Pilcomayo near the city of Villamontes .
geography
Caigua is located in the humid tropics and has a clear dry season (see Villamontes climate diagram), the climate is semi-humid .
The annual average temperature of the region is around 25 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate between almost 20 ° C in June / July and 29 ° C in December / January. The long-term average annual precipitation is almost 700 mm, with a humidity period from October to April and monthly values of sometimes well over 100 mm, and a five-month dry season in which there is only sporadic and little precipitation.
population
The population of the village has decreased significantly in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no data | census |
| 2001 | 708 | census |
| 2012 | 378 | census |
Transport network
Caigua is located 263 kilometers by road west of Tarija , the capital of the department.
To get from Tarija to Caigua, first follow the Ruta 1 trunk road , which leads from Tarija in a south-easterly direction. After eight kilometers, the Ruta 11 road branches off to the east, reaching the town of Villamontes after 243 kilometers via Junacas Sur , Entre Ríos and Palos Blancos . From here it's another twelve kilometers north on Ruta 9 to Caigua .
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 December 27, 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
- Relief map of the Villamontes region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.68 MB)
- Municipio Villamontes - General Maps No. 60303
- Municipio Villamontes - detailed map and population data (PDF; 896 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )