Chillajara

Chillajara
Basic data
Residents (state)	501 pop. (2012 census)
height	3100 m
Post Code	01-0703-0301-3001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	20 ° 41 ′ S , 64 ° 46 ′ W Coordinates: 20 ° 41 ′ S , 64 ° 46 ′ W
	Chillajara
	Chillajara
politics
Department	Chuquisaca
province	Nor Cinti Province
climate
	; Culpina climate diagram

Chillajara (also: Chilla Jara ) is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Chillajara is the second largest town in the canton of Pucará de Yatina in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Incahuasi in the province of Nor Cinti and is located at an altitude of 3100 m in the immediate vicinity of the basin of Culpina, an outflow-free basin with the salt lake Salar de Culpina in the southwestern part . Chillajara is located on a ridge directly above the Río Lomay Canto, one of the tributaries in the upper reaches of the Río Pilcomayo .

geography

Chillajara is located in the mountainous region of the Cordillera de Tajsara o Tarachaca in the semi-arid transition area between the semi-humid mountain forests of the eastern mountain ranges of Bolivia and the arid Altiplano .

The annual rainfall varies between 350 and 550 mm and occurs mainly in the months from November to March; the winter months from May to August are largely free of precipitation (see Culpina climate diagram). The monthly average temperatures in the basin are between almost 20 ° C in December and 5 to 8 ° C in June / July.

population

The population of the village has doubled in the past decade alone:

year	Residents	source
1992	no detailed data	census
2001	252	census
2012	501	census

Traffic situation

Chillajara is 454 kilometers south of Sucre , the capital of the department.

From Sucre, the paved road Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction to Potosí , the capital of the department bordering to the west. From here the Ruta 1 leads south , which is still paved for the first 37 kilometers to Cuchu Ingenio . After another 146 kilometers, the Ruta 1 reaches the city of Camargo . Another 19 kilometers south of Camargo, a dirt road branches off in an easterly direction, crosses the Río Camblaya and overcomes an altitude difference of 600 m on the next 47 kilometers to Culpina. To the east of Culpina, a road branches off to the northeast and after another 36 kilometers via Incahuasi , Miraflores and Santa Rosa reaches the village of Chillajara , from where a junction continues to Yatina .