Chajnacaya
| Chajnacaya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 97 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3225 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1102-0101-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 58 ′ S , 65 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | José María Linares Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Vitichi climate diagram |
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Chajnacaya is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Chajnacaya is the third largest town in the canton of Caiza "D" in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Caiza "D" in the province of José María Linares . The village is located at an altitude of 3225 m at the confluence of the Río Jotun Mayu and Río Horno Mayu , which bear the name Río Caiza below the village and flow over the Río Tumusla and the Río San Juan del Oro to the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Chajnacaya is located on the southeastern edge of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations on a long-term average.
The average annual temperature is 13 ° C (see Vitichi climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between 10 ° C in June / July and a good 15 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is only about 400 mm, with a very pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 20 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with about 80 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Chajnacaya is 49 kilometers by road south of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the 1,215-kilometer-long asphalt road Ruta 1 leads south to Cuchu Ingenio and then via Tres Cruces to Tarija and Bermejo on the Argentine border. At Cuchu Ingenio a country road branches off to the south, which after thirteen kilometers reaches the village of Chajnacaya and continues to Caiza "D" .
population
The population of Chajnacaya has decreased significantly over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 162 | census |
| 2001 | 125 | census |
| 2012 | 97 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Caiza "D" 97 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 December 12, 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 ( 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 Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Caiza "D" - detailed map and population data (PDF; 408 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Caiza "D" - general maps no. 51102
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )