Capira
| Capira | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 412 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2210 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0702-0601-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 24 ′ S , 64 ° 37 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Nor Cinti Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Azurduy |
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Capira is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Capira is the third largest town in the canton of Pirhuani in the municipality of San Lucas in the province of Nor Cinti . The village is located at an altitude of 2210 m on the right, southwest bank of the upper reaches of the Río Thakho Mayu, which reaches the Río Pilcomayo after nine kilometers downstream .
geography
Capira lies between the Altiplano in the west and the lowlands in the east in one of the side valleys of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The climate of the region is a distinct daytime climate , in which the temperature differences between day and night fluctuate more clearly than the average values between summer and winter.
The annual average temperature is 14 ° C (see Azurduy climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate between 10 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C in December / January. Annual precipitation is just under 550 mm, with a dry season and monthly values below 10 mm from May to August, and maximum values of 100 to 110 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Capira at a distance of 416 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.
The Ruta 5 highway runs through Sucre and leads from the Cordillera Oriental across the Altiplano to the Chilean border. From Sucre, the road leads 169 kilometers in a south-westerly direction to Potosí , where it meets the north-south running Ruta 1 . From there it is another 122 kilometers on Ruta 1 to Padcoyo . From there, an unpaved road leads eastwards via Ocurí , Cinteño Tambo and Palacio Tambo to Laja Khasa . About twenty-five kilometers northeast of Laja Khasa, the road briefly exceeds the height of 4500 meters and falls back to about 4000 meters over the next six kilometers. After a total of 31 kilometers, a side street turns north to the Canchas Blancas settlement . One kilometer later, a side road branches off in a southerly direction, then leaves Pirhuani on the left, and after a total of 61 kilometers reaches Ojeda . From here the road leads via Sacavillque Chico and Sacavillque Grande to Capira .
population
The population of the village has increased significantly in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 328 | census |
| 2012 | 412 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of San Lucas 98.6 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 from December 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
- ↑ 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 6632-I of the region Hacienda Mollepata 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.88 MB)
- Relief map of the Camargo region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio San Lucas - General Maps No. 10702
- Municipio San Lucas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 986 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )