Escara
| Escara | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1500 inhabitants (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3725 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0502-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 52 ′ S , 68 ° 10 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Litoral Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Huachacalla |
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Escara is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Escara is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Escara in the province of Litoral and is located on the Bolivian Altiplano . Escara is located at an altitude of 3725 m on the eastern slope of a mountain range made up of two quaternary stratovolcanoes , the Pacha Kkollu Quimsa Misa (4702 m) in the northwest and the Inca Camacho (4792 m) in the east. Just east of the village of flowing Río Sabaya from north to south and flows 20 kilometers further south in the salt lake Salar de Coipasa .
geography
The climate of Escara is semi-arid and has a short rainy season in summer, the annual rainfall is low 200 mm (see Huachacalla climate diagram). The annual average temperature is almost 6 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost .
The vegetation in the Esmeralda area corresponds to the semi-arid puna . It is treeless and mainly consists of thorn bushes , grasses , succulents and cushion plants . It is used economically as a llama , alpaca and sheep pasture .
Transport network
Escara is located at a distance of 175 kilometers by road southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department.
From Oruro the dirt road Ruta 12 leads via Toledo and Ancaravi to Huachacalla . Here a dirt track branches off in an easterly direction, which Escara reaches after fourteen kilometers.
population
The population of Escara has increased several times over in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 210 | census |
| 2001 | 396 | census |
| 2012 | 1,500 | census |
Since the population of the Municipio Escara increased from 863 inhabitants to 1407 inhabitants between 2001 and 2010, a significant increase in population can also be expected for the town of Escara itself in this decade.
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of indigenous population, in the municipality of Escara 81.1 percent of the over 6-year-olds speak the Aymara language ( 2001 ).
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.
Web links
- Relief map of the Nevado Sajama region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.0 MB)
- Municipio Escara - general maps No. 40502
- Municipio Escara - detailed map and population data (PDF; 466 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )