Chaquí
| Chaquí | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 793 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3500 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0302-0101-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 35 ′ S , 65 ° 34 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Province of Cornelio Saavedra | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Betanzos |
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Chaquí is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Chaquí is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Chaquí in the province of Cornelio Saavedra and is located at an altitude of 3500 m on the eastern edge of the Pampa Chaquí plain. The village is located at the confluence of the Río Tehuarani and the Río Khespi Llajta , which form the Río Chaquí Mayu below the town , the water of which flows further over the Río Puna , the Rio Miculpaya and the Río Mataca to the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Chaquí lies between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The climate of the region is semi-arid and a typical time of day climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are greater than during the year.
The annual average temperature in the region is around 17 ° C (see Betanzo's climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 19 ° C from November to January. The annual rainfall is just under 500 mm, the dry season lasts from April to October with monthly values below 30 mm, only in January a rainfall of 100 mm is reached.
Transport network
Chaquí is 36 kilometers by road east of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the national highway Ruta 5 leads northeast via Betanzos to Sucre and on towards Santa Cruz in the Bolivian lowlands. Halfway between Potosí and Betanzos, a country road branches off in a southerly direction and after ten kilometers reaches Chaquí, it then continues to Chaquí Baños, five kilometers away, with its hot thermal springs . The road connection from Ruta 5 to Chaquí Baños is currently (as of 2009) under construction.
population
The population of Chaquí has increased by more than a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 561 | census |
| 2001 | 651 | census |
| 2013 | 793 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Chaquí 81 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 March 4, 2016 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)
Web links
- Relief map of the Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Chaquí - general maps No. 50302
- Municipio Chaquí - detailed map and population data (PDF; 456 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )