Chuquihuta
| Chuquihuta | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1995 population (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3594 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0204-0200-7003 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 36 ′ S , 66 ° 22 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Rafael Bustillo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Uncía |
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Chuquihuta (also: Chuquiuta or Chiqui Uta ) is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Chuquihuta is the central place of the since June 2009 independent district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Chuquihuta in the province of Rafael Bustillo . Before independence, the municipality of Chuquihuta was a canton in the southern part of the municipality of Uncía . The village is located at an altitude of 3594 m on the Río Chuquihuta , which flows here in a southerly direction.
geography
Chuquihuta lies at the transition from the Oruro highlands to the Potosí mountains. The region is bordered in the north and west by the high mountain ranges of the Cordillera Central . The vegetation is that of the puna , the climate a typical time of day climate , in which the daily temperature fluctuations are greater than the monthly fluctuations.
The mean annual average temperature is 9 ° C, the monthly averages vary between just under 5 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C from November to March (see climate diagram Uncía). The annual precipitation is 370 mm and falls mainly in the summer months, the arid period with monthly values of a maximum of 10 mm lasts from April to October.
Transport network
Chuquihuta is located at a distance of 120 kilometers by road southeast of Oruro , the capital of the Oruro department .
From Oruro, the paved road Ruta 1 leads south 22 kilometers via Vinto to Machacamarquita , eight kilometers north of Machacamarca . In Machacamarquita, the route 6 branches off in a south-easterly direction and reaches the city of Llallagua after 79 kilometers via Huanuni and over pass heights of more than 4,500 m . From there the Ruta 6 leads for a further 38 kilometers via Uncia and Cala Cala to Chuquihuta and another 53 kilometers to Pocoata and Macha . In Macha a dirt road branches off in a south-westerly direction and after 33 kilometers leads back to Ruta 1 at Ventilla . From here to the department capital Potosí there is another 109 kilometers.
population
The city's population has quadrupled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 395 | census |
| 2001 | 531 | census |
| 2012 | 1 995 | census |
New statistical data on the municipality and the town of Chuquihuta are not yet available, older data can be found in the information on the municipality of Uncía.
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 December 25, 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.
- ↑ 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
- Raised relief map Region Uncia 1: 250,000 (JPEG; 8.22 MB)
- Municipio Uncía - General Maps No. 50201
- Municipio Chuquihuta - detailed map of Chuquihuta and population data Uncía (PDF; 561 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )
