Curahuara de Carangas
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 Entrance to the Church of Curahuara de Carangas |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1668 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3914 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0401-0100-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 51 ′ S , 68 ° 25 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sajama Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Curahuara de Carangas |
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Curahuara de Carangas ( Aymara : "quri wara q'arä anqas") is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Curahuara de Carangas is a central place of the homonymous ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Curahuara de Carangas in the Sajama Province and is located at an altitude of 3914 m at the confluence of Río Sulloma and Río Pastara , 60 kilometers northeast of the stratovolcano Sajama , m with 6542's highest mountain Bolivia.
geography
Curahuara de Carangas is located in the Bolivian highlands between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are greater than during the year.
The annual average temperature of the region is 8 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 5 ° C in July and 11 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is around 330 mm (see climate diagram), the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months of June and July and close to 100 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Curahuara de Carangas is located 165 kilometers by road west of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Oruro the dirt road Ruta 31 leads in a westerly direction via La Joya directly to Curahuara . It meets four kilometers north of Curahuara on Ruta 4 , which leads 189 kilometers 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 the village has increased by around two thirds in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 054 | census |
| 2001 | 1 314 | census |
| 2012 | 1 668 | census |
Due to its historical development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in Sajama province 90.4 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
tourism
Curahuara de Carangas is home to one of the oldest churches in South America, the "Sistine Chapel of the Altiplano", which dates back to 1606. As the region's climate is dry and cool, the colors of the paintings in the church have been well preserved for four centuries.
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 November 5, 2013 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 ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2013 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; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Corocoro region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.8 MB)
- Municipio Curahuara - General Maps No. 40401
- Municipio Curahuara de Carangas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 679 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )