Cerdas
| Cerdas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 345 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3871 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1201-0100-5701 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 49 ′ S , 66 ° 23 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Antonio Quijarro Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Uyuni |
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Cerdas is a town in the Potosí Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cerdas is a municipality in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Uyuni in the province of Antonio Quijarro . The village is located at an altitude of 3871 m on the eastern edge of the "Gran Pampa Pelada", a salt steppe that connects to the south of the Salar de Uyuni salt lake and covers an area of approximately 10,000 km².
geography
Cerdas is located on the southeastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the ridge of the Cordillera de Chichas , which has its highest elevation 30 kilometers east of Cerdas with the Cerro Chorolque (5614 m). The climate in the region is a typical daytime climate , in which the mean temperature differences between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is 9 ° C (see climate diagram Uyuni), the monthly values fluctuate between 5 ° C in June / July and a good 11 ° C in the summer months from November to March. The annual precipitation barely reaches 150 mm, and while there is almost no precipitation for eight months, even the summer precipitation with monthly values between 20 and 50 mm is hardly sufficient for any significant plant growth.
Transport network
Cerdas is located on the road and rail link from Uyuni to Tupiza , at a distance of 282 kilometers by road southwest of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the national highway Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction over 208 kilometers to Uyuni. From there, the 197 kilometer long Ruta 21 leads via Cerdas and Atocha to Tupiza, where it meets Ruta 14 , which continues to Villazón on the border with Argentina .
population
The population of Cerdas has increased over the past two decades. While in the 1992 census a total population of 799 inhabitants was noted for the two railway stations Colchani and Cerdas , this was 625 inhabitants in the 2012 census for Colchani and 345 inhabitants for Cerdas.
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 289 | census |
| 2012 | 345 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Uyuni 43.4 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 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 2001 ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2016 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 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)
Web links
- Relief map of the Uyuni region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.19 MB)
- Municipio Uyuni - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.79 MB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Uyuni - General Maps No. 51201
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF 5.36 MB) ( Spanish )