Chuquichambi

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Chuquichambi
Basic data
Residents (state) 280 pop. (2012 census)
height 3767  m
Post Code 04-1601-0600-6001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 17 ° 54 ′  S , 67 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 54 ′  S , 67 ° 48 ′  W
Chuquichambi (Bolivia)
Chuquichambi
Chuquichambi
politics
Department Oruro
province Nor Carangas Province
climate
Climate diagram Huayllamarca
Climate diagram Huayllamarca

Chuquichambi is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Chuquichambi is the central place of the Cantón Chuquichambi in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Huayllamarca in the province of Nor Carangas . The place is located at an altitude of 3767  m at the breakthrough of the Río Chuquichambi through the Serranía de Huayllamarca , an approximately 100 km long ridge that extends on the Altiplano in a north-west-south-east direction. The Río Chuquichambi flows in a south-easterly direction to the Río Juchuy Jahuira, which flows downstream into Lake Poopó .

geography

Chuquichambi lies between the Andean mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental in the west and the Cordillera Occidental in the east in the Andean dry climate of the Altiplano .

The mean annual precipitation is about 330 mm and falls 80 percent in the months of December to March (see Huayllamarca climate diagram). The annual average temperature is almost 8 ° C, the monthly average values ​​fluctuate between 4 ° C in June / July and around 10 ° C from November to March.

Transport network

Chuquichambi lies at a distance of 86 kilometers by road northwest of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.

From Oruro, the paved road Ruta 31 leads west via La Joya and Lajma to Chuquichambi . The route 31 leads from here to the northwest to the provincial capital Huayllamarca and from there on via Totora to Curahuara de Carangas , where it meets the route 4 towards Chile .

population

The town's population has doubled over the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 135 census
2001 249 census
2012 280 census

The vast majority of the population in the region belongs to the indigenous Aymara people , in the municipality of Huayllamarca 96 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .

Individual evidence

  1. 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gob.bo
  2. INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original dated December 11, 2015 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gob.bo
  3. 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo

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