Calasaya (Tomave)
| Calasaya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 374 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3701 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1202-0600-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 6 ′ S , 66 ° 23 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Antonio Quijarro Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Potosí |
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Calasaya (also: Calazaya ) is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Calasaya is the central place of the canton Calasaya in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Tomave in the province Antonio Quijarro . The settlement is at an altitude of 3701 m on the Río Tumusla , one of the tributaries to the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Calasaya is located on the Altiplano in central Bolivia on the northeastern edge of the Cordillera de Chichas .
The mean average temperature of the region is around 11 ° C (see Potosí climate diagram), the monthly average temperatures vary between 8 ° C in June / July and a good 13 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is only about 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation between 0 and 15 mm, and a short humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation of a good 70 mm.
Transport network
Calasaya is located at a distance of 134 kilometers by road southwest of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the Ruta 5 trunk road leads via the villages of Porco , Chaquilla and Yura to Ticatica and on via Pulacayo to Uyuni at the Salar de Uyuni salt lake . In Ticatica a dirt road branches off in a north-westerly direction from Ruta 5 and leads upstream after eleven kilometers to Tomave .
population
The population of the place has risen by about a third in the decade between the last two published censuses . Detailed data from the current census from 2012 are not yet available:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 195 | census |
| 2001 | 260 | census |
| 2012 | 374 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Tomave 92.0 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 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 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 Potosí 2001 ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2011 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. (PDF; 5.5 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Tomave - General Maps No. 51202
- Municipio Tomave - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.57 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )