Calamuchita
| Calamuchita | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1228 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1688 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0401-0100-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 42 ′ S , 64 ° 37 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | José María Avilés Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tarija |
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Calamuchita is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Calamuchita is the second largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Uriondo in the province of José María Avilés . The village is located at an altitude of 1688 m on the right, eastern bank of the Río Camacho .
Geography and climate
Calamuchita is located in southern Bolivia on the eastern slopes of the eastern Andes mountain range at the transition to the mountains east of the Bolivian Andes and the lowlands of the Gran Chacos .
The mean average temperature of the region is 19 ° C (see climate diagram Tarija), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate between 14 ° C in June and July and 22 ° C in December to March. The annual precipitation is about 550 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation between 0 and 30 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation of about 120 mm.
population
The population of the village has increased significantly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 974 | census |
| 2012 | 1 228 | census |
Transport network
Calamuchita is located 30 kilometers south by road from Tarija , the capital of the department.
From the capital Tarija, the paved road Ruta 1 leads southeast towards the cities of Padcaya and Bermejo . After seventeen kilometers, an asphalt country road branches off to the west from the main road, after five kilometers it crosses the valley of the Río Guadalquivir and after another three kilometers reaches the central town of the municipality, Valle de Concepción . From the town center, a side road crosses the Río Camacho in an easterly direction and continues to Muturayo via Calamuchita, five kilometers away .
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 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.
- ↑ 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 Camargo region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.45 MB)
- Municipio Uriondo - General Maps No. 60401
- Municipio Uriondo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 325 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )