Jolencia

Jolencia
Basic data
Residents (state)	695 pop. (2012 census)
height	2977 m
Post Code	01-0703-0103-6001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	20 ° 43 ′ S , 64 ° 52 ′ W Coordinates: 20 ° 43 ′ S , 64 ° 52 ′ W
	Jolencia
	Jolencia
politics
Department	Chuquisaca
province	Nor Cinti Province
climate
	; Culpina climate diagram

Jolencia is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Jolencia is the third largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Incahuasi in the province of Nor Cinti and is located at an altitude of 2977 m in the immediate vicinity of the basin of Culpina, a drainless basin with the salt lake Salar de Culpina in the southwestern part. Jolencia is located on the left, eastern bank of the Río Villa Charcas , which flows 34 kilometers south of Incahuasi downstream into the Río Pilaya , a right tributary of the Río Pilcomayo .

geography

Jolencia is located in the mountainous 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 in the basin are between almost 20 ° C in December and 5 to 8 ° C in June / July.

population

The population of the village has more than doubled in the past decade alone:

year	Residents	source
1992	no detailed data	census
2001	289	census
2012	695	census

Traffic situation

Jolencia is 439 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.

From Sucre, the paved road Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction to Potosí , the capital of the department bordering to the west. From here the Ruta 1 leads south , which is still paved for the first 37 kilometers to Cuchu Ingenio . After another 146 kilometers, the Ruta 1 reaches the city of Camargo . Another 19 kilometers south of Camargo, a dirt road branches off in an easterly direction, crosses the Río Camblaya and overcomes an altitude difference of 600 m on the next 47 kilometers to Culpina. To the east of Culpina, a road branches off to the northeast and after a further 21 kilometers reaches the village of Jolencia via Incahuasi .