Colchani
| Colchani | |||
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 Strait of Colchani |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 625 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3668 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1201-0100-3703 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 18 ′ S , 66 ° 56 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Antonio Quijarro Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Uyuni |
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Colchani is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Colchani is a town in the province of Antonio Quijarro and the third largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of Uyuni . The village is located at an altitude of 3668 m on the eastern bank of the Salar de Uyuni , with 12,000 km² the largest salt lake in the world, and is a center of salt production on the salt lake.
geography
Colchani is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andean mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.
The climate in this region at the Salar de Uyuni is arid , only from December to March there is significant rainfall between 20 and 45 mm per month (see climate diagram Uyuni), in the remaining eight months there is only sporadic rainfall. The mean annual temperature of the region is just under 9 ° C, the monthly mean temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 5 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C from November to March.
traffic
Colchani is located 177 kilometers by road southwest of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Potosí, the Ruta 5 highway leads 198 kilometers in a south-westerly direction to Uyuni . From there the Ruta 30 , which leads north to Challapata , after 21 km through Colchani .
The railway line, initiated by the then President Aniceto Arce in 1889, runs through Colchani and runs from Uyuni to Ollagüe .
population
The population of Colchani (* = Cerdas / Colchani) has increased over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 799 * | census |
| 2001 | 528/817 * | census |
| 2013 | 625 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Uyuni 43.4 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 May 12, 2016 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 - 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 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
- Photographs Colchani
- Relief map of the Uyuni region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.19 MB)
- Municipio Uyuni - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.79 MB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Uyuni - General Maps No. 51201
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF 5.36 MB) ( Spanish )