Caiza "K"

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Caiza "K"
Basic data
Residents (state) 381 pop. (2012 census)
height 2531  m
Post Code 01-0704-0400-3001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 20 ° 32 ′  S , 64 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 20 ° 32 ′  S , 64 ° 45 ′  W
Caiza "K" (Bolivia)
Caiza "K"
Caiza "K"
politics
Department Chuquisaca
province Nor Cinti Province
climate
Climate diagram Camargo
Climate diagram Camargo

Caiza "K" (also Caysaca or Caisaca or Caycasa ) is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Caiza "K" is the central location of the canton Caiza "K" in the Municipio Villa Charcas (formerly part of the Municipio Incahuasi ) in the province of Nor Cinti . The place lies at an altitude of 2531  m in the source area of ​​the Río Hankhu Hankhu, which flows over the Río Ajchilla to the Río Santa Elena , a left tributary of the Río Pilcomayo .

geography

Caiza "K" is located on the northern edge of the mountain region of the Cordillera de Tajsara o Tarachaca in the semi-arid transition area between the semi-humid mountain forests of the eastern mountain ranges of Bolivia and the arid Altiplano . The climate is a cool, moderate mountain climate with a typical time of day climate , in which the mean temperatures fluctuate more strongly during the day than during the year.

The annual average temperature in the region is just under 14 ° C (see Camargo climate diagram), the monthly averages fluctuate between just under 10 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is 400 mm and has seven arid months from April to October with monthly values ​​below 20 mm, significant monthly precipitation only falls from December to February with values ​​of 80 to 90 mm each.

population

The population of Caiza "K" has remained almost unchanged over the past decade:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 384 census
2012 381 census

Traffic situation

Caiza "K" is 420 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.

The 898-kilometer Ruta 5 highway runs through Sucre and leads from the Cordillera Oriental across the Altiplano to the Chilean border. From Sucre, the road leads 169 kilometers in a south-westerly direction to Potosí , where it meets the north-south running Ruta 1 . From there it is another 122 kilometers on Ruta 1 to Padcoyo . From there, an unpaved road leads eastwards via Ocurí to Palacio Tambo , and in Ocurí a road branches off in a southerly direction and leads via Malliri and Chiñimayu to Huancarani Alto ; the road climbs on its 45-kilometer route between Chiñimayu and Huancarani Alto to heights of just over 4000 meters.

Two kilometers south of Huancarani Alto, a country road branches off to the east and reaches the village of Palcapata after another two kilometers. At the end of the village, the road leads to the south on the Rio Villa Charcas along, leaving the river to one and a half kilometers to the east and, after further one and a half kilometers on the highway that of Pucara north to Sacari , Santa Elena and Caiza "K" leads .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gob.bo
  2. ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gob.bo
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012

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