Huancarani Alto
| Huancarani Alto | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 363 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3083 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0704-0171-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 37 ′ S , 64 ° 53 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Nor Cinti Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Culpina climate diagram |
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Huancarani Alto is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Huancarani Alto is a village in the canton of Villa Charcas in the municipality of Villa Charcas in the province of Nor Cinti . The place is located at an altitude of 3083 m at a tip between the Rio Lluskha Khasa and Rio Huacanqui, the three kilometers to their association in the Rio Villa Charcas open, the cross Rio Inca Huasi and Rio Pilaya to the flow system of the Pilcomayo River belong.
geography
Huancarani Alto is located on the northern edge of the mountain region of the Cordillera de Tajsara o Tarachaca in the semi-arid transition area between the semi-humid mountain forests of the eastern mountain ranges of Bolivia and the arid Altiplano .
The annual rainfall varies between 350 and 550 mm and occurs mainly in the months from November to March; the winter months from May to August are largely free of precipitation (see Culpina climate diagram). The monthly average temperatures are between almost 20 ° C in December and 5 to 8 ° C in June / July.
population
The population of Huancarani Alto has increased noticeably over the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 315 | census |
| 2012 | 363 | census |
Traffic situation
Huancarani Alto is 373 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.
The 898-kilometer Ruta 5 highway runs through Sucre and leads from the Cordillera Oriental across the Altiplano to the Chilean border. From Sucre, the road leads 169 kilometers in a south-westerly direction to Potosí , where it meets the north-south running Ruta 1 . From there it is another 122 kilometers on Ruta 1 to Padcoyo . From there, an unpaved road leads eastwards via Ocurí to Palacio Tambo , and in Ocurí a road branches off in a southerly direction and leads via Malliri and Chiñimayu to Huancarani Alto . The road climbs on its 45-kilometer route between Chiñimayu and Huancarani Alto to heights of just over 4000 meters.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 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 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
Web links
- Relief map 6632-III of the Santa Elena region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.17 MB)
- Relief map of the Camargo region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Incahuasi - General Maps No. 10703
- Municipio Incahuasi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 482 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )