Chita (Uyuni)
| Chita | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 231 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3759 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1201-0200-5701 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 7 ′ S , 66 ° 55 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Antonio Quijarro Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Uyuni |
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Chita is a town in the Potosí Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The town of Chita is the second largest town in the canton of Chacala in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Uyuni in the province of Antonio Quijarro . The place is located at an altitude of 3759 m on the left, southern bank of the episodically flowing Río Khamaque, which flows 25 kilometers further west into the salt lake Salar de Uyuni .
geography
Chita is located on the Bolivian Altiplano in the great salt steppe , the "Gran Pampa Salada", between the Salar de Uyuni in the west and the Cordillera de Chichas in the east. The arid climate of the region is a typical daytime climate , in which the temperature differences between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is 9 ° C (see climate diagram Uyuni), the monthly values fluctuate between 5 ° C in June / July and a good 11 ° C in the summer months from November to March. The annual precipitation barely reaches 150 mm, and while there is almost no precipitation for eight months, even the summer precipitation with monthly values between 20 and 50 mm is hardly sufficient for any significant plant growth.
Transport network
Chita lies at a distance of 362 km by road west of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the Ruta 1 highway leads northwest via Tarapaya , Yocalla and Ventilla and after 203 kilometers reaches the town of Challapata . From here the route 30 leads south via Santiago de Huari , Sevaruyo and Río Mulato towards Uyuni at the salt lake of the same name Salar de Uyuni and after 159 kilometers reaches the town of Chita .
Chita is also the station of a railway line that runs from Oruro via Uyuni to Villazón on the Argentine border and offers a connection four times a week through the Empresa Ferroviaria Andina railway company .
population
The population of the village has increased by more than two thirds in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 137 | census |
| 2001 | 150 | census |
| 2012 | 231 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Uyuni 43.4 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 from May 12, 2016 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 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 December 15, 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. (PDF; 5.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Uyuni - detailed map and population data (PDF; 461 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Uyuni - General Maps No. 51201
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )