Cayara
| Cayara | |||
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 Cayara with Cerro Rico in the background |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 575 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3540 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0103-0300-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 33 ′ S , 65 ° 53 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Tomás Frías Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Potosí |
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Cayara is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andes in Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cayara is the largest place in the canton of Santa Lucia and the second largest in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Yocalla in the province of Tomás Frías . The village is located at an altitude of 3540 m on a tributary of the Río Pilcomayo , the longest western tributary of the Río Paraguay .
geography
Cayara is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central .
The mean annual temperature of the region is around 11 ° C (see Potosí climate diagram), the annual precipitation is around 350 mm. The region has a distinctive daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 8 ° C in June / July and 13 ° C from November to March. The monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months May to September and almost 80 mm in January and February.
traffic
Cayara is located at a distance of 24 kilometers by road northwest of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Potosí, the Ruta 1 highway leads north to Oruro , El Alto , the neighboring town of La Paz and to Desaguadero on Lake Titicaca . At kilometer 14 from Potosí, a dirt road branches off to the left, which reaches Cayara after 10 km .
population
The population of the place has increased slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 503 | census |
| 2001 | 559 | census |
| 2012 | 575 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Yocalla 94.5 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Hacienda Cayara
One of the oldest haciendas in South America is located in Cayara . It was founded in 1557, just a few years after the city of Potosí, by Don Juan de Pendones. The hacienda played an important role in the administration and politics of the time, as it always belonged to one of the most important families in Potosí. Today the buildings of the hacienda house a museum with exhibits from the colonial era (including the saber of Simón Bolívar ) and an upscale hotel. Agriculture is also practiced.
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 dated December 8, 2015 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 Potosí 2001 ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2011 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; 5.5 MB)
- ↑ Website of the Hacienda: Museo Cayara ( Spanish )
- ↑ Cayara, un hotel museo con cuatro siglos de historia ( Spanish )
Web links
- Relief map of the Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Yocalla - General Maps No. 50103
- Municipio Yocalla - detailed map and population data (PDF; 463 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )