Crucero Belén
| Crucero Belén | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 74 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3710 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0103-0200-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 12 ′ S , 67 ° 10 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Province of Cercado | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Poopó |
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Crucero Belén is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Crucero Belén is the central place of the canton Crucero Belén in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) El Choro in the province of Cercado and is located at an altitude of 3710 m in the river valley of the Río Desaguadero , which is east of the village from the Uru-Uru Lake towards the Poopó lake flows.
geography
Crucero Belén is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the Cordillera Azanaques , which is part of the Cordillera Central mountain range . The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the temperature fluctuations during the day are greater than during the year.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 8 ° C (see climate diagram) and fluctuates between 3 ° C in June and July and 11 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is around 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and significant precipitation only from December to March with 50 to 90 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Crucero Belén is 51 kilometers by road southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department.
From Oruro, the 279 kilometer long highway Ruta 12 leads in a south-westerly direction to Challacollo and from there via Toledo , Huachacalla and Sabaya to Pisiga on the Chilean border. Four kilometers southwest of Challacollo, the Ruta 12 crosses the Río Desaguadero , and directly behind the road bridge, a paved country road branches off to the southeast towards the village of El Choro . After seventeen kilometers an unpaved side road leads in a north-easterly direction and after another three kilometers you reach Crucero Belén .
population
The population of the village has increased slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 61 | census |
| 2001 | 84 | census |
| 2012 | 74 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of El Choro 83.1 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 dated February 22, 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
- Relief map of the Uncia region 1: 250,000 (JPG; 8.3 MB)
- Municipio El Choro - General Maps No. 40103
- Departamento Oruro - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 5.86 MB)
- Municipio El Choro - detailed map and population data (PDF; 422 kB)
