Chayanta
| Chayanta | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2417 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 148 | ||
| height | 3737 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0202-0100-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 28 ′ S , 66 ° 27 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Rafael Bustillo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Uncía |
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Chayanta is a country town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The city of Chayanta is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Chayanta in the province of Rafael Bustillo . Chayanta lies at an altitude of 3737 m in one of the high valleys of the Cordillera Azanaques .
geography
Chayanta is located east of the Bolivian Altiplano in the northern section of the Cordillera Central . The vegetation is that of the puna , the climate is a typical time of day climate in which the mean daily temperature fluctuations are more pronounced than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature of the region is 9 ° C, the monthly average values fluctuate between just under 5 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C from November to March (see climate diagram Uncía). The annual precipitation is 370 mm and falls mainly in the summer months, the arid period with monthly values of a maximum of 10 mm lasts from April to October.
Transport network
Chayanta is located at a distance of 125 kilometers by road southeast of Oruro , the capital of the neighboring Oruro department .
From Oruro, the paved road Ruta 1 leads south 22 kilometers via Vinto to Machacamarquita , eight kilometers north of Machacamarca . In Machacamarquita, the route 6 branches off in a south-easterly direction and reaches the city of Llallagua after 79 kilometers via Huanuni and over pass heights of more than 4,500 m. From there the Ruta 6 leads another seven kilometers to the provincial capital Uncía . Here a dirt road branches off to the east and reaches Chayanta after seventeen kilometers .
population
The population of the city of Chayanta has increased by more than a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 792 | census |
| 2001 | 2 072 | census |
| 2013 | 2,417 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Chaquí 95.6 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 dated November 8, 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 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 Region Uncia 1: 250,000 (JPG; 8.3 MB)
- Municipio Chayanta - General Maps No. 50202
- Municipio Chayanta - detailed map and population data (PDF; 479 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )
