Jatun Mayu
| Jatun Mayu | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 581 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2908 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0304-0101-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 24 ′ S , 64 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Jaime Zudáñez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tarabuco |
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Jatun Mayu is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The name means "great river" in Quechua .
location
Jatun Mayu is the second largest town in the Municipio Icla in the Jaime Zudáñez Province . The village is located at an altitude of 2908 m on the right, northern bank of the Río Jatun Mayu , which flows into the Río Icla , a tributary of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Jatun Mayu lies between the Altiplano and the Bolivian lowlands in the ridge of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The climate is a cool, moderate mountain climate with a typical time of day climate , in which the temperature differences fluctuate more strongly during the day than during the year.
The annual average temperature in Tarabuco is around 9 ° C (see Tarabuco climate diagram), the monthly averages fluctuate between 6 ° C in July and 11 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is 600 mm and has four arid months from May to August with monthly values below 10 mm, and a significant humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation between 100 and 125 mm.
Transport network
Jatun Mayu is located at a distance of 115 kilometers by road southeast of Sucre , the capital of Bolivia and the department.
From Sucre the 976 kilometer long highway Ruta 6 leads east , which connects Sucre with the Bolivian lowlands and the metropolis Santa Cruz there , and reaches the city of Tarabuco after 67 kilometers. From Tarabuco a high road then leads south to the village of Icla and on via Chahuarani to Jatun Mayu .
population
The population of the village has decreased over the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 665 | census |
| 2012 | 581 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Icla 98.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua 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
Web links
- Relief map 6635-I of the Estancia Jatun Mayu region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.36 MB)
- Relief map of the Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Icla - General Maps No. 10304
- Municipio Icla - detailed map and population data (PDF; 698 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )