Cieneguillas (Tarija)

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Cieneguillas
Basic data
Residents (state) 93 pop. (2012 census)
height 3293  m
Post Code 06-0502-0900-1001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 21 ° 22 ′  S , 65 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 22 ′  S , 65 ° 2 ′  W
Cieneguillas (Bolivia)
Cieneguillas
Cieneguillas
politics
Department Tarija
province Province of Eustaquio Méndez
climate
Climate diagram Yunchará
Climate diagram Yunchará

Cieneguillas is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Cieneguillas is the second largest town in the canton of Tomayapo in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) El Puente in the province of Eustaquio Méndez . The village is located at an altitude of 3293  m on one of the right tributaries of the Quebrada Agua y Toro, which flows into the Río Tomayapo , a right tributary of the Río San Juan del Oro .

geography

Cieneguillas is located in the south-eastern 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 mean temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.

The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see Yunchará climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between a good 6 ° C in June / July and a good 14 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is just under 400 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 15 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 80–95 mm monthly precipitation.

Transport network

Cieneguillas is 58 kilometers by road northwest of Tarija , the capital of the department of the same name.

From Tarija the highway Ruta 1 leads north, pierces the Cordillera de Sama in a north-westerly direction and leads via the town of San Lorencito to Cieneguillas and on to Camargo , Padcoyo and Potosí .

population

The population of the village has almost doubled over the past decade due to the expansion of Ruta 1:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 51 census
2012 93 census

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 from January 7, 2016 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

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