Huacaya
Huacaya | ||
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Basic data | ||
Residents (state) | 387 pop. (2012 census) | |
height | 910 m | |
Post Code | 01-1002-0100-2001 | |
Telephone code | (+591) | |
Coordinates | 20 ° 45 ′ S , 63 ° 40 ′ W | |
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politics | ||
Department | Chuquisaca | |
province | Luis Calvo Province | |
climate | ||
![]() Climate diagram Cuevo |
Huacaya is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Huacaya is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Huacaya in the province of Luis Calvo . The village is located at an altitude of 910 m on the left bank of the Río Huacaya , which flows into the Río Pilcomayo about 60 km further south . The Voranden chain of Serranía Huacaya runs five kilometers east of the village and reaches heights of up to 1,600 m here.
geography
Huacaya is located in the winter-humid subtropics , between the mountainous region of the Cordillera de Tajsara o Tarachaca in the west and the Bolivian Chaco in the east.
The annual average temperature of the region is 23 ° C (see Cuevo climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate between 18 ° C in June and July and 26 ° C in November and January. The climate is semi-humid and has a clear dry season from May to September with monthly rainfall of less than 20 mm; the annual precipitation is almost 800 mm, from December to March monthly values of 110 to 160 mm are reached.
Transport network
Huacaya is 404 kilometers by road south of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
The paved road Ruta 9 leads from Santa Cruz via Abapó and Ipitá to Boyuibe and another 187 kilometers to Yacuiba on the Bolivian southern border with Argentina . Twenty kilometers before Boyuibe, a dirt road branches off from Ruta 9 in a south-westerly direction, which after fifteen kilometers reaches the village of Cuevo and continues in a westerly direction. Fifteen kilometers west of Cuevo, a dirt road branches off to the south and leads via Boycobo to Huacaya, 45 kilometers away .
population
The population of the village has almost doubled over the past two decades:
year | Residents | source |
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1992 | 201 | census |
2001 | 152 | census |
2012 | 387 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Guaraní population, in the municipality of Huacaya 48.6 percent of the population speak the Guaraní 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 from September 24, 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.
- ↑ INE social data Chuquisaca 2001 ( Memento of the original from October 29, 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. (PDF; 4.4 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Camiri region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 3.77 MB)
- Municipio Huacaya - General Maps No. 11002
- Municipio Huacaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 402 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )