Cuartos
| Cuartos | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 188 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3434 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1501-0102-7001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 22 ° 0 ′ S , 65 ° 34 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Modesto Omiste Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Villazón |
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Cuartos is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cuartos is a place in the canton of Villazón in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Villazón in the province of Modesto Omiste . The village is located at an altitude of 3434 m on the Quebrada Palco Huasi, which is connected to the Río San Juan del Oro via the Río Sococha , a tributary of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Cuartos is located in the southern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . Because of the inland location, the climate is cool and dry and a typical daytime climate in which the mean temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see Villazón climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between a good 5 ° C in June / July and a good 14 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is only about 350 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a weakly pronounced humidity period from December to February with 70-90 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Cuartos is 348 kilometers south of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name, and 50 kilometers from the border with Argentina .
From Potosí, the Ruta 1 highway, coming from Lake Titicaca , heads south-east and reaches the town of Cuchu Ingenio after 37 kilometers . Here the Ruta 14 branches off , which reaches the town of Tupiza after 224 kilometers via Tumusla , Cotagaita and Hornillos . From there, Ruta 14 continues via Suipacha , Yuruma and Mojo to Cuartos and ends in Villazón on the Argentine border. Both the route 1 and route 14 are completely paved.
population
The population of the village has decreased slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 200 | census |
| 2001 | 206 | census |
| 2012 | 188 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Villazón 37.8 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 December 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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 Potosí 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; 5.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Tarija region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.07 MB)
- Municipio Villazón - detailed map and population data (PDF; 628 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Villazón - General Maps No. 51501
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF: 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )