Chiarhuyo
| Chiarhuyo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 168 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3865 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-0201-1000-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 0 ′ S , 68 ° 38 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Omasuyos Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Achacachi |
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Chiarhuyo with the main district Chijipina is a village in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Chiarhuyo is a scattered settlement in the canton of Warisata in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Achacachi in the province of Omasuyos . The village is located at an altitude of 3865 m on the southern edge of the Cordillera Muñecas , only ten kilometers as the crow flies east of the Gulf of Achacachi in the southeastern part of Lake Titicaca . The Río Corhuar Jahuira flows through the village, transporting the meltwater of the Yacuma glacier from the Laguna San Francisco into the Gulf of Achacachi.
geography
Chiarhuyo lies on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The climate of the region is derived from the altitude on the Altiplano and the proximity to the large water surface of Lake Titicaca, which mitigates the temperature fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see Achacachi climate diagram), with the monthly average in the coldest month (July) at 8 ° C only slightly deviating from the warmest months (November to March) at 12 ° C. The climate is arid from June to August with only sporadic rainfall and humid in the summer months, especially from December to March, with monthly rainfall of more than 100 mm. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm.
Infrastructure
Chiarhuyo is located 102 kilometers by road northwest of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the asphalt road Ruta 2 leads 70 kilometers northwest to Huarina , from there the Ruta 16 branches off in a northerly direction , which reaches Achacachi after 23 kilometers . Directly behind Achacachi, a road branches off to the northeast in the direction of Warisata , which leads via Sorata to Mapiri in the Yungas on the eastern edge of the Cordillera Central mountain range . After four kilometers on this road, halfway to Warisata, a dirt road branches off in an easterly direction and after five kilometers reaches Chiarhuyo .
population
The population of the village has been subject to significant fluctuations over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 139 | census |
| 2001 | 311 | census |
| 2012 | 168 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Collana 94.1 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 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 2001 ( Memento of the original dated November 29, 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 ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2013 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. (PDF file; 11.63 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.3 MB)
- Municipio Achacachi - General Maps No. 20201
- Municipio Achacachi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 671 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )