Chachacomani (Oruro)
| Chachacomani | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 168 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 4249 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0402-0300-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 21 ′ S , 68 ° 57 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sajama Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tambo Quemado |
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Chachacomani is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Chachacomani is the central place of the canton Chachacomani , one of three cantons of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Turco in the province of Sajama . Chachacomani is located on the western edge of the Oruro department at an altitude of 4249 m twelve kilometers from the Chilean border, on the left northern bank of the Río Chohokho , which flows southeast of the village into the Río Sajama . Is west of Chachacomani at a distance of ten kilometers of Stratovolcano Acotango that with a height of 6.052 m to Quimsachata belongs -Vulkangruppe.
geography
Chachacomani is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Occidental . The region has a typical daytime climate in which the mean fluctuation in daytime temperatures is greater than the mean seasonal fluctuations.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 5 ° C, the annual precipitation is only around 200 mm (see climate diagram Tambo Quemado). The monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 1 ° C in June / July and a good 6 ° C from November to March. The monthly precipitation is below 10 mm from April to October and reaches its maximum in the months of December to March.
Transport network
Chachacomani is located at a distance of 274 kilometers by road west of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Oruro, the 169-kilometer unpaved road Ruta 31 leads west via La Joya to Curahuara de Carangas . It meets the paved Ruta 4 directly north of Curahuara , which comes from Patacamaya , 96 kilometers away , a town on Ruta 1 , halfway between the government seat of La Paz and Oruro. From Curahuara the Ruta 4 leads 93 kilometers in a south-westerly direction to Tambo Quemado , the border town on the Chilean border. Directly in front of the gas station at the entrance to the village, a dirt road branches off in a southerly direction and after twelve kilometers reaches Chachacomani .
population
The population of the village decreased in the decade between the last two censuses :
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 124 | census |
| 2001 | 103 | census |
| 2012 | 168 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the province of Sajama 90.4 percent of the population speak the Aymara 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 dated February 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 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
- Relief map of the Nevado Sajama region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.0 MB)
- Municipio Turco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 746 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Turco - General Maps No. 40402
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )