Candelaria (Icla)
| Candelaria | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 289 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2952 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0304-0102-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 18 ′ S , 64 ° 47 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Jaime Zudáñez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tarabuco |
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Candelaria is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Candelaria is the ninth largest town in the Municipio Icla in the Jaime Zudáñez Province . The village is located at an altitude of 2952 m on the Río Molino , which flows a few kilometers downstream into the Río Tarabuco , the upper reaches of the Río Icla , which flows downstream into the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Candelaria lies between the Altiplano and the Bolivian lowlands in the ridge of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The climate is a cool, moderate mountain climate with a typical time of day climate , in which the temperature differences fluctuate more strongly during the day than during the year.
The annual average temperature at this altitude is around 9 ° C (see Tarabuco climate diagram), the monthly averages fluctuate between 6 ° C in July and 11 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is 600 mm and has four arid months from May to August with monthly values below 10 mm, and a significant humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation between 100 and 125 mm.
Transport network
Candelaria is located at a distance of 87 kilometers by road south-east of Sucre , the capital of Bolivia and the department.
From Sucre the 976 kilometer long highway Ruta 6 leads east , which connects Sucre with the Bolivian lowlands and the metropolis Santa Cruz there , and reaches the city of Tarabuco after 67 kilometers. From Tarabuco, a high road then leads south via Candelaria to Icla .
population
The population of the village has decreased significantly in the decade between the last two censuses :
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 384 | census |
| 2012 | 289 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Icla 98.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
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 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 6636-III of the Tarabuco region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.54 MB)
- Relief map of the Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Icla - General Maps No. 10304
- Municipio Icla - detailed map and population data (PDF; 698 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )
- El Cañon de Icla