Escoriani
| Escoriani | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 21 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 4056 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0802-0101-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 6 ′ S , 66 ° 8 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Chichas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Atocha |
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Escoriani is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Escoriani is a train station in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Atocha in the province of Sur Chichas . The now almost deserted village lies at an altitude of 4056 m on the course of the Río Guadalupe , one of the headwaters of the Río Tupiza . Escoriani used to be the place of a silversmith , until the deposits were so exhausted that further mining was not worthwhile.
geography
Escoriani is located on the Bolivian Altiplano in the northern foothills of the Andean mountain range of the Cordillera de Lípez . The region's climate is arid and has a clear daytime climate.
The mean annual temperature of the region is 11 ° C (see climate diagram Atocha), with a monthly average of 6 to 7 ° C in June / July and a good 13 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is a low 200 mm, with the months April to October being almost free of precipitation. Significant precipitation falls only from November to March, with a maximum of 50 mm monthly precipitation in January.
Transport network
Escoriani is located at a distance of 327 kilometers by road southwest of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Potosí the trunk road Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction 208 kilometers to Uyuni , from there the Ruta 21 for a further 96 kilometers to Atocha . From Atocha, a country road leads in a southeast direction along the old railway line 23 kilometers to Escoriani . At Escoriani the road from the north splits, part of the low vehicle traffic leads to the southwest to the villages and still intact zinc and silver mines in the province of Sur Lípez .
population
The village has been almost deserted since the silver smelter was abandoned, but there has been a settlement again in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no data | census |
| 2001 | 2 | census |
| 2012 | 21st | census |
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 from April 2, 2015 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 - 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 San Pablo de Lípez region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 4.48 MB)
- Municipio Atocha - detailed map and population data (PDF; 625 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Atocha - General Maps No. 50802
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )