Chasqui

Chasqui
Basic data
Full name	Sindicato Chasqui
Residents (state)	443 pop. (2012 census)
height	212 m
Post Code	03-1205-0202-4001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	16 ° 59 ′ S , 64 ° 49 ′ W Coordinates: 16 ° 59 ′ S , 64 ° 49 ′ W
	Sindicato Chasqui
	Sindicato Chasqui
politics
Department	Cochabamba
province	Carrasco Province
climate
	; Climate diagram Villa Tunari

Chasqui (also Sindicato Chasqui or Comunidad El Chasqui ) is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Chasqui is the third largest town in the canton of Ivirgarzama in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of Puerto Villarroel in the province of Carrasco . The municipality is located at an altitude of 212 m at the mouth of the Arroyo Magareños in the Río Sajta , which flows downstream into the Río Ichilo .

geography

Chasqui is located in the Bolivian lowlands off the northeastern foothills of the Cordillera Oriental .

The region has an average annual temperature of 24 ° C (see climate diagram Villa Tunari), the monthly averages are between about 26 ° C from October to December and 20 ° C in June and July. The average annual precipitation is more than 1000 mm, the wet season extends from November to February, the months of July and August are rather dry with less than 50 mm.

Transport network

Chasqui is located at a distance of 231 kilometers by road northeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.

The 1,657-kilometer Ruta 4 highway runs through Cochabamba and runs from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border in the east across the country to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border . From Cochabamba you can reach the town of Ivirgarzama via Villa Tunari and Chimoré , the highway then continues to Warnes and Santa Cruz . In Ivirgarzama, the only 27 km long asphalt road Ruta 15 branches off in a north-easterly direction to Puerto Villarroel , which reaches Chasqui after seven kilometers .

population

The population of the village has increased by more than half in the past decade alone:

year	Residents	source
1992	no detailed data	census
2001	265	census
2012	443	census

Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Puerto Villarroel 83.5 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.