Cala Cala (Potosí)
| Cala Cala | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1674 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3811 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0201-0109-7001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 32 ′ S , 66 ° 29 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Rafael Bustillo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Uncía |
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Cala Cala is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cala Cala is the central place of the canton of Cala Cala in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Uncía in the province of Rafael Bustillo . The village is located at an altitude of 3850 m on the edge of the Karatchi Pampa , twelve kilometers southeast of the provincial capital Uncía , on the upper reaches of the Río Vilaque , which flows north towards the mining town of Catavi.
geography
Cala Cala lies at the transition from the Oruro highlands to the Potosí mountains. The region is bordered in the north and west by the high mountain ranges of the Cordillera Central . The vegetation is that of the puna , the climate a typical time of day climate in which the mean daily temperature fluctuations are greater than the monthly fluctuations.
The annual average temperature of the region is 9 ° C, the monthly average values fluctuate between just under 5 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C from November to March (see climate diagram Uncía). The annual precipitation is 370 mm and falls mainly in the summer months, the arid period with monthly values of a maximum of 10 mm lasts from April to October.
Transport network
Cala Cala is located 101 kilometers by road southeast of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Oruro, the paved road Ruta 1 leads south 22 kilometers via Vinto to Machacamarquita , eight kilometers north of Machacamarca . In Machacamarquita, the route 6 branches off in a south-easterly direction and reaches the city of Llallagua after 79 kilometers via Huanuni and over pass heights of more than 4,500 m . From there the Ruta 6 leads another seven kilometers to Uncía and another 91 kilometers to Macha . In Macha a dirt road branches off in a south-westerly direction and after 33 kilometers leads back to Ruta 1 at Ventilla . From here to the department capital Potosí there is another 109 kilometers.
population
The population of the municipality of Cala Cala has increased by more than half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,041 | census |
| 2001 | 1,335 | census |
| 2012 | 1,674 | census |
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 25, 2015 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.
Web links
- Relief map of the Uncia region 1: 250,000 (JPEG; 8.22 MB)
- Municipio Uncía - General Maps No. 50201
- Municipio Uncía - detailed map and population data (PDF; 561 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF 5.36 MB) ( Spanish )
