Ckochas
| Ckochas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 306 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3500 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1103-0200-8002 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 38 ′ S , 65 ° 17 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | José María Linares Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Betanzos |
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Ckochas is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Ckochas is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Ckochas and is located in the canton of Ckochas in the province of José María Linares . The village is located at an altitude of 3350 m in the Chimpa Pata Pampa plain in the source area of the Quebrada Sala Khasamayu , which flows into the Rio Miculpaya and flows over the Río Mataca to the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Ckochas lies between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The climate of the region is semi-arid and a typical time of day climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are greater than during the year.
The annual average temperature in the region is around 17 ° C (see Betanzo's climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 19 ° C from November to January. The annual rainfall is just under 500 mm, the dry season lasts from April to October with monthly values below 30 mm, only in January a rainfall of 100 mm is reached.
Transport network
Ckochas is located at a distance of 70 kilometers by road east of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the national highway Ruta 5 leads northeast via Betanzos to Sucre and on towards Santa Cruz in the Bolivian lowlands. East of Betanzos after seventeen kilometers a country road branches off in a south-easterly direction and after eight kilometers reaches Ckochas, after which it winds in serpentines down to Esquiri (2625 m) on the Río Miculpaya, twelve kilometers away .
population
The population of the village has increased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 257 | census |
| 2001 | 309 | census |
| 2012 | 306 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Ckochas 81.9 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 March 4, 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Gobierno Municipal Ckochas ( 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; 3.56 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Puna - Population data 2001 ( Spanish )
- Municipio Puna - General Maps 51101
- Municipio Puna - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.14 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )