Chipaya
| Chipaya | |||
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 Chipaya |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 827 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3675 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0903-0100-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 3 ′ S , 68 ° 5 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sabaya Province | ||
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 Climate diagram Sabaya |
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Chipaya is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Chipaya is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Chipaya in the province of Sabaya on the Bolivian Altiplano . Chipaya located at an altitude of 3,675 meters above sea level in the delta of the Lauca River on the northern edge of the salt lake Salar de Coipasa .
geography
The climate in the region is semi-arid and a typical time of day climate in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the course of the seasons.
The annual average temperature is almost 7 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost . The annual precipitation is only 200 mm (see climate diagram Sabaya). From April to November there is a dry season with monthly values of less than 10 mm of precipitation, the wet season in summer is short and the rain is not very productive.
The vegetation in the region corresponds to the semi-arid puna . It is treeless and mainly consists of thorn bushes , grasses , succulents and cushion plants . It is used economically as a llama , alpaca and sheep pasture .
Transport network
Chipaya is located at a distance of 202 kilometers by road southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department.
From Oruro, the unpaved road Ruta 12 leads via Toledo , Ancaravi and Huachacalla to Esmeralda and on via Sabaya to Pisiga on the Chilean border and to Colchane in Chile . Two kilometers south of Esmeralda, a dirt road branches off from Ruta 12 in a south-easterly direction and reaches Chipaya via the village of Charcollo after 32 kilometers .
population
The population of Chipaya has almost doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 444 | census |
| 2001 | 363 | census |
| 2012 | 827 | census |
The population of the Municipio Chipaya increased between 2001 and 2010 from 1,814 inhabitants to 2,849 inhabitants. The predominant colloquial language is Chipaya , most of the residents also speak Spanish , and many also speak Aymara as a second or third 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 February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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.
Web links
- Literature about the Chipaya in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin
- Relief map of the Salinas de Garci-Mendoza region (PDF; 10.44 MB)
- Municipio Chipaya - General Maps No. 40903
- Municipio Chipaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 320 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )