Isallavi

Isallavi
Basic data
Residents (state)	33 pop. (2012 census)
height	3783 m
Post Code	04-1201-0202-1001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	18 ° 55 ′ S , 67 ° 16 ′ W Coordinates: 18 ° 55 ′ S , 67 ° 16 ′ W
	Isallavi
	Isallavi
politics
Department	Oruro
province	Sud Carangas Province
climate
	; Climate diagram Pampa Aullagas

Isallavi (also: Isayavi or Isallawi ) is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The town gained national fame as the birthplace of the Bolivian President Evo Morales .

Location in the vicinity

Isallavi is a village in Ayllu Sullka in the canton of Orinoca in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Andamarca in the province of Sud Carangas . The village is located at an altitude of 3783 m on the northeast slopes of the "Relambo Chuto", which rises here to almost 4000 m from the Bolivian highlands. Fifteen kilometers west of Isallavi is Lake Poopó , the second most important freshwater reservoir on the Bolivian Altiplano .

geography

Isallavi is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano and west of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central . The climate is typical of the time of day , in which the daily temperature fluctuations are greater than the mean fluctuations between the seasons.

The mean average temperature of the region is just under 9 ° C (see climate diagram Pampa Aullagas) and fluctuates between 4 ° C in June and July and 11 ° C in the summer months from November to March. The annual precipitation is less than 300 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to November with monthly precipitation under 15 mm and a maximum of 75 mm in January.

traffic

Isallavi is 162 kilometers by road south of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.

Up until a few years ago, the region could only be reached via unpaved road connections and a bus service ran to it twice a week. However, since Evo Morales was elected president, the region has seen an upgrade and can now be reached at least from the south via Pampa Aullagas and Santuario de Quillacas on an asphalt road, and the more direct connection to the north to Oruro is now partially asphalted .

From the north, from Oruro, the unpaved highway Ruta 12 leads in a south-westerly direction 62 kilometers via Toledo to Villa Copacabana . From there, an unpaved road branches off to the south, which leads via Laca Laca Quita Quita to Andamarca and Eduardo Avaroa and from there to Orinoca . Isallavi is seven kilometers north of the cantonal administrative center of Orinoca.

population

The population of the village of Isallavi at the 2012 census was 33, due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Andamarca 88.5 percent of the population speak the Aymara language . The president Evo Morales also comes from an Aymara family.