Coroma
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 Church in Coroma |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 251 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3819 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1201-0306-9022 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 32 ′ S , 66 ° 49 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Antonio Quijarro Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Pampa Aullagas |
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Coroma is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Coroma is the central place of the canton Coroma in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Uyuni in the province of Antonio Quijarro . The village is located at an altitude of 3819 m on the banks of the Río Coroma on the eastern edge of the alluvial plain of the Río Marquez , which flows into the southern part of Lake Poopo about 45 kilometers north of Coroma .
geography
Coroma is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The climate of the region is arid and a typical daytime climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuation is more pronounced during the day than during the course of the seasons.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 9 ° C (see climate diagram Pampa Aullagas) and fluctuates only insignificantly between 5 ° C in June and July and 11 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is around 300 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and only a few months with sufficient moisture, the wettest month is January with just over 70 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Coroma lies at a distance of 284 km by road northwest of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the Ruta 1 highway leads northwest via Tarapaya , Yocalla and Ventilla and after 203 kilometers reaches the town of Challapata . From here, Ruta 30 leads south via Santiago de Huari and Sevaruyo towards Uyuni at the Salar de Uyuni salt lake of the same name . Twenty-two kilometers south of Sevaruyo, a side road branches off in an easterly direction to Coroma .
population
The population of the village has almost doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 149 | census |
| 2001 | 125 | census |
| 2012 | 251 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high 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 ( 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 Rio Mulato region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.12 MB)
- Municipio Uyuni - detailed map and population data (PDF; 461 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Uyuni - General Maps No. 51201
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )