Caiza "J"
| Caiza "J" | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 502 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 575 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0301-0200-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 48 ′ S , 63 ° 33 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Gran Chaco Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Yacuiba |
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Caiza "J" is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Caiza "J" is the central place of the canton Caiza "J" in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Yacuiba in the province of Gran Chaco . The place is at an altitude of 575 m on the railway line between the cities of Santa Cruz in Bolivia and Salta in Argentina , about twenty kilometers north of the Bolivian-Argentine border. Twelve kilometers west of the village runs in a north-south direction of the Serranía Aguaragüe , which here reaches heights of more than 1200 m.
geography
Caiza "J" is located on the southeastern edge of the Bolivian Andes chain in the lowlands of the subtropical Gran Chaco , which stretches across northwest Paraguay , northeast Argentina and southeast Bolivia.
The climate is subtropical with hot humid summers and moderately warm and dry winters. The annual average temperature is almost 22 ° C, the average monthly values fluctuate between 15 ° C in June / July and 26 ° C in January (see Yacuiba climate diagram). Annual precipitation is just under 1100 mm, with a four-month dry season from June to September with monthly precipitation below 15 mm and a humidity period from December to March with 160–200 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Caiza "J" is located 314 kilometers by road southeast of Tarija , the capital of the department, and nineteen kilometers north of the border town of Yacuiba .
From Tarija, the Ruta 11 trunk road leads east over the cities of Entre Ríos and Palos Blancos for 250 kilometers to Villamontes . There it meets the north-south running Ruta 9 , which leads south via Sachapera and Villa El Carmen (Caipitandi) to Palmar Chico and on via Yacuiba to the Argentine border. From Villa El Carmen, a two-kilometer cul-de-sac leads south-east to Caiza "J" .
population
The population of the place has increased by almost a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 389 | census |
| 2001 | 645 | census |
| 2012 | 502 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Yacuiba 17.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 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 2001 ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2017 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.
- ↑ INE social data Tarija 2001 ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 3.05 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Villamontes region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.68 MB)
- Municipio Yacuiba - General Maps No. 60301
- Municipio Yacuiba - detailed map and population data (PDF; 407 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the provinces and municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )