Chahuarani
| Chahuarani | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 456 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2548 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0304-0100-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 22 ′ S , 64 ° 46 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Jaime Zudáñez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Icla |
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Chahuarani (also Chawarani ) is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Chahuarani is the sixth largest town in the Municipio Icla in the Jaime Zudáñez province . The village is located at an altitude of 2548 m on the Río Jatun Mayu , which flows into the Río Icla , a tributary of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Chahuarani is located in the southern part of the Cordillera Central mountain range in the transition area to the Bolivian lowlands. The region has a typical daytime climate in which the temperature fluctuations during the day are greater than the average temperature fluctuations over the year.
The mean average temperature of Icla is around 18 ° C (see climate diagram Icla), it is a mild 15 ° C in June and July and reaches around 20 ° C from October to March. The annual precipitation is almost 600 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to August with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 100 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Chahuarani is located at a distance of 105 kilometers by road southeast of Sucre , the capital of Bolivia and the department.
From Sucre the 976 kilometer long highway Ruta 6 leads east , which connects Sucre with the Bolivian lowlands and the metropolis Santa Cruz there , and reaches the city of Tarabuco after 67 kilometers. From Tarabuco a high road then leads south to the village of Icla and on via Chahuarani to Jatun Mayu and Thaqo Pampa .
population
The population of the village has decreased slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 199 | census |
| 2001 | 498 | census |
| 2012 | 456 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Icla 98.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua language. The life expectancy of the newborns in the municipality was 56.0 years, the infant mortality increased slightly from 9.2 percent (1992) to 9.7 percent in 2001.
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 September 24, 2015 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
Web links
- Relief map 6635-IV of the Icla region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.99 MB)
- Relief map of the Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Icla - General Maps No. 10304
- Municipio Icla - detailed map and population data (PDF; 698 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )