Calama (Tarija)
| Calama | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 439 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2114 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0501-0900-9002 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 25 ′ S , 64 ° 48 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Province of Eustaquio Méndez | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tarija |
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Calama (also: Calama Norte ) is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Calama is the central place of the canton Calama in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Lorenzo in the province Eustaquio Méndez . The street village of Calama is located at an altitude of 2114 m on the left, northern bank of the Río Tojtiwaysho , seven kilometers from its confluence with the Río Nuevo Guadalquivir .
geography
Calama is located on the southeastern edge of the plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano on the transition to the lowlands. Due to the inland location, the climate is dry for more than half of the year, but much less harsh than the plateau and has a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature of the region is 19 ° C (see climate diagram Tarija) and fluctuates only slightly between 15 ° C in June / July and 22 ° C from December to February. The annual precipitation is about 550 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 30 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with over 100 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the village has increased by around a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 324 | census |
| 2001 | 596 | census |
| 2012 | 439 | census |
Transport network
Calama is located at a distance of 21 kilometers by road northwest of Tarija , the capital of the department of the same name.
The asphalted highway Ruta 1 leads through Tarija, which crosses the entire Bolivian highlands in a south-north direction from Bermejo in the south on the Argentine border to the Peruvian border at Desaguadero and, besides Tarija, also passes the metropolises Potosí , Oruro and El Alto . Twelve kilometers north of Tarija, a paved road branches off to the north at Rancho Norte and after three kilometers you reach San Lorenzo . From there it is another six kilometers in a westerly direction to Calama .
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 January 16, 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 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 Tarija region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.07 MB)
- Municipio Villa San Lorenzo - General Maps No. 60501
- Municipio Villa San Lorenzo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 514 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )