Casa Grande (Mojinete)
| Casa Grande | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 201 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3389 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1002-0100-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 56 ′ S , 66 ° 16 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Lípez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Mojinete climate diagram |
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Casa Grande is a town in the Potosí Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Casa Grande is the central place of the canton Casa Grande in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Mojinete in the province of Sur Lípez . The village is located at an altitude of 3389 m on the left bank of the Río San Juan del Oro , which is one of the headwaters of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Casa Grande is located in the Cordillera de Lípez range on the southern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano, right on the Argentine border. The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with the mean temperature fluctuation during the day being more pronounced than during the course of the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is just under 8 ° C (see Mojinete climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between just under 3 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C from December to February. The annual precipitation is low 230 mm, the monthly precipitation is below 10 mm in the winter half year from April to October and only reaches values of 50 to 60 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Casa Grande is 265 kilometers as the crow flies south of Potosí , the capital of the department.
The village can hardly be reached by car overland, the direct connection with the Bolivian road network is the river valley of the Río San Juan del Oro, which leads past Mojinete , the central town of the district , during the dry season .
population
In the penultimate census of 2001, the population of the village was 78, data from the 2012 census are not yet available:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | . | census |
| 2001 | 78 | census |
| 2012 | 201 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Mojinete 94.5 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 April 1, 2012 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; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio de Mojinete - Photos and background information ( Spanish )
- Relief map of the San Pablo de Lípez region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 4.48 MB)
- Municipio Mojinete - General Maps No. 51002
- Municipio Mojinete - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.09 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )