Chuquiago
| Chuquiago | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 880 pop. (2001 census) | ||
| height | 2812 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0801-0200-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 34 ′ S , 65 ° 38 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Chichas Province | ||
| Homepage of Chuquiago | |||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tupiza |
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Chuquiago is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Chuquiago is a village in the canton of Suipacha in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Tupiza in the province of Sur Chichas . The village is located at an altitude of 2812 m on the right western bank of the Río San Juan del Oro , fifteen kilometers below the mouth of the Río Tupiza .
geography
Chuquiago is located in the southern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 13 ° C (see climate diagram Tupiza) and fluctuates only slightly between 8 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C from December to February. The annual precipitation is only about 300 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 60–80 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Chuquiago is 297 kilometers south of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name, 65 kilometers from the border with Argentina . Chuquiago is a stop on the railway line from Oruro via Uyuni to Villazón.
From Potosí, the Ruta 1 highway, coming from Lake Titicaca , heads south-east and reaches the town of Cuchu Ingenio after 37 kilometers . Here the Ruta 14 branches off , which reaches the town of Tupiza after 224 kilometers via Tumusla , Cotagaita and Hornillos . From there, Ruta 14 continues via Suipacha and Yuruma to Villazón on the Argentine border. Four kilometers before Suipacha, a dirt road branches off to the southwest from Ruta 14 , crosses the Río San Juan del Oro and reaches Chuquiago.
population
The population of the village has increased several times over in the decade between the last two censuses :
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 122 | census |
| 2001 | 456 | census |
| 2012 | 880 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Tupiza 49.7 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 December 26, 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.
- ↑ 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 of the Tarija region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.07 MB)
- Municipio Tupiza - General Maps No. 50801
- Municipio Tupiza - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.09 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )
- Pagina Oficial de Chuquiago