Crucero
| Crucero | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 107 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3903 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-1301-0400-2009 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 47 ′ S , 68 ° 17 ′ W | ||
|
|||
| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | San Pedro de Totora Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Curahuara de Carangas |
|||
Crucero is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Crucero is the central place of the eponymous canton Crucero in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of Totora in the province of San Pedro de Totora . The village is situated at an altitude of 3903 m on the left, the west bank of the Río Sulloma 70 kilometers northeast of the stratovolcano Sajama , m with 6542 the highest mountain in Bolivia.
geography
Crucero is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with the mean temperature fluctuation during the day being more pronounced than during the year.
The average annual temperature of the region is 7 ° C (see the Curahuara de Carangas climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 4 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is about 330 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months April to August and 90 mm in January.
Transport network
Crucero is 141 kilometers west of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Oruro the dirt road Ruta 31 leads west via La Joya , Huayllamarca and Totora directly to Crucero and on to Curahuara de Carangas . It meets four kilometers north of Curahuara on Ruta 4 , which leads from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border to Patacamaya , which in turn is on Ruta 1 , halfway between the government seat of La Paz and Oruro.
population
The population of Crucero has decreased slightly over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 118 | census |
| 2001 | 142 | census |
| 2012 | 107 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of San Pedro de Totora 97.0 percent of the population speak the Aymara 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 dated February 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 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 Oruro 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. (PDF; 6.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio San Pedro de Totora - General Maps No. 41301
- Municipio San Pedro de Totora - detailed map and population data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 367 kB)
- Departamento Oruro - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 5.86 MB)