Candua
| Candua | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2308 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 155 | ||
| height | 1126 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0501-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 49 ′ S , 63 ° 59 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Hernando Siles Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Monteaguado |
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Candua is a country town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Candua is the second largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Monteagudo in the province of Hernando Siles . The city is the neighboring city of the provincial capital Monteagudo and is located at an altitude of 1126 m on the left bank of the Río Bañado and is framed by north-south mountain ranges with lush vegetation.
geography
The city is located in the humid, sub- Andean Chaco Bolivia between north-south running Voranden chains, which here reach heights of about 1500 m.
The annual average temperature is around 22 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate between 17 ° C in June and around 24 ° C from November to February (see Monteagudo climate diagram). The annual precipitation is around 700 mm, in the months of May to September there is a pronounced dry season in the Candua / Monteagudo area with monthly values of less than 20 mm, while the months of December and January are characterized by sometimes heavy rainfall and values well over 100 mm.
Transport network
To the northwest, Candua is connected to Sucre , the capital of the department, via the Ruta 6 road . Since less than a third of the 323-kilometer stretch is paved, the journey to Sucre by bus takes about eight hours in dry weather, while the road conditions on the dirt and gravel roads are difficult to predict in wet weather.
To the northeast, Candua is connected to Santa Cruz , the capital of the neighboring department of Santa Cruz, via Monteagudo . The unpaved Ruta 6 leads first in an easterly direction to Ipatí , 107 kilometers away , from there the asphalted Ruta 9 leads for another 255 kilometers north to Santa Cruz .
population
The population of the village has increased by more than half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 414 | census |
| 2001 | 1 805 | census |
| 2012 | 2 308 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Monteagudo 12.0 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.
- ↑ INE social data Chuquisaca 2001 ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 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; 4.4 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Charagua region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 6.23 MB)
- Municipio Monteagudo - General Maps No. 10501
- Municipio Monteagudo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 944 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )