Colloma
| Colloma | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 347 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3360 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0701-0200-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 20 ′ S , 66 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Alonso de Ibáñez province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Caripuyo |
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Colloma is a town in the Potosí Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Colloma is the central place of the canton Colloma in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sacaca in the province of Alonso de Ibáñez . The village is located at an altitude of 3360 m in one of the high valleys of the Cordillera Azanaques , the mountain ridges directly east of the village rise to over 4000 m. The place is located on the Río Chayanta , which is called "Río San Pedro" further downstream and flows into the Río Grande .
geography
Colloma is located on the northwestern edge of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The long-term average temperature in the valley is 13 ° C (see climate diagram Caripuyo) and fluctuates between 9 ° C in June / July and more than 15 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is almost 500 mm, from April to October there is a dry season with monthly precipitation of less than 20 mm, monthly values of just over 100 mm are only achieved in January and February.
Transport network
Colloma is located 165 kilometers by road southeast of Oruro , the capital of the neighboring 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 another seven kilometers to the provincial capital Uncía . Here a dirt road branches off to the east, reaches Chayanta after seventeen kilometers and continues in a north-easterly direction via Irupata to Colloma .
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the last two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 170 | census |
| 2001 | 248 | census |
| 2012 | 347 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Sacaca 84.5 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 September 24, 2015 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 ( Memento of the original from December 15, 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. (PDF; 5.5 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Uncia region 1: 250,000 (JPG; 8.3 MB)
- Municipio Sacaca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 539 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Sacaca - General Maps No. 50701
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )
