Caihuasi
| Caihuasi | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 9 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3858 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0102-0101-6010 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 40 ′ S , 67 ° 3 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Province of Cercado | ||
| climate | |||
 Oruro climate diagram |
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Caihuasi is a town in the Oruro Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Caihuasi is a village in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Caracollo in the province of Cercado . The settlement lies at an altitude of 3858 m on the right bank of the Ríu Millu Puncu , which flows to the southwest and which seeps into the plain of the Río Caracollo between Caracollo and Oruro .
geography
Caihuasi is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the Serranía de Sicasica ridge . The climate is characterized by a typical daytime climate , in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are greater than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 10 ° C (see climate diagram Oruro), with the monthly average values fluctuating between 6 ° C in June / July and 14 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is low 400 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to November with monthly values below 20 mm and a short humidity period from December to February with about 80 mm per month.
Transport network
Caihuasi is 60 kilometers by road north of Oruro, the capital of the department.
From Oruro, the paved road Ruta 1 leads 41 kilometers north to Caracollo and from there another 200 kilometers to the cities of La Paz and El Alto .
In Caracollo the Ruta 4 branches off to the east and after 19 kilometers reaches the village of Caihuasi . The road then continues in an easterly direction, crossing the almost deserted Serranía de Sicasica on its way to Cochabamba , 200 kilometers away , from where it continues to Santa Cruz in the Bolivian lowlands and to the Brazilian border.
In Caihuasi the trunk road Ruta 12 branches off to the south and leads to the central town of Soracachi, eleven kilometers away . From there, the Ruta 12 continues to the nearby Paria , then branches off to the southwest and leads via Oruro, Ancaravi , Huachacalla and Sabaya to Pisiga Bolívar on the Chilean border.
population
The population of the village has decreased drastically in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 122 | census |
| 2001 | 174 | census |
| 2012 | 9 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Caracollo 65.5 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 October 29, 2013 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 Oruro 2001 ( 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; 5.9 MB)
Web links
- Raised relief map of the Cochabamba region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Caracollo - General Maps No. 40102
- Municipio Caracollo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 695 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )