Carangas (Oruro)
| Carangas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 34 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3876 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-1503-0100-1025 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 56 ′ S , 68 ° 37 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Puerto de Mejillones province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Sabaya |
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Carangas is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Carangas is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Carangas in the province of Puerto de Mejillones . The village is located at an altitude of 3876 m on the Río Kholana , a tributary of the Río Sabaya , which drains to the salt lake Salar de Coipasa .
geography
The climate in the region is semi-arid , the annual precipitation is only 200 mm (see climate diagram Sabaya). From April to November there is a dry season with monthly values of less than 10 mm of precipitation, the wet season in summer is short and the rain is not very productive. The annual average temperature is almost 7 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost .
The vegetation in the region corresponds to the semi-arid puna . It is treeless and mainly consists of thorn bushes , grasses , succulents and cushion plants . It is used economically as a llama , alpaca and sheep pasture .
Transport network
Carangas is 230 kilometers by road southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Oruro, the largely unpaved road Ruta 12 leads 189 kilometers in a south-westerly direction via Ancaravi and Huachacalla to Sabaya and on to Pisiga on the Chilean border. In Sabaya, a dirt road branches off to the west and leads a further 41 kilometers along the Río Sabaya via La Rivera to Carangas .
population
The population of the village has decreased significantly in the decade between the 1992 and 2001 censuses :
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 65 | census |
| 2001 | 47 | census |
| 2012 | 34 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Carangas 29.7 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Web links
- Relief map of the Nevado Sajama region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11 MB)
- Municipio Carangas - General Maps No. 41503
- Municipio Carangas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 221 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.9 MB) ( Spanish )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carola Dörrie, Soil and Vegetation in the Huachacalla Area (PDF file; 21.8 MB)
- ↑ 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 March 4, 2016 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 ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2013 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. (PDF file; 11.6 MB)
