Huanchaca Canton
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
11 inhabitants (2001) 0 inhabitants / km² |
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| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 163 km² | ||
| height | 4300 m | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 16 ′ S , 66 ° 39 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Antonio Quijarro Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio of Uyuni | ||
| Central place | Huanchaca | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Uyuni |
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The canton of Huanchaca is a municipality in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton of Huanchaca is one of five cantons in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Uyuni in the province of Antonio Quijarro . It borders on the canton of Uyuni to the west and the municipality of Tomave to the south, east and north .
The canton extends between approximately 20 ° 10 'and 20 ° 20' south latitude and 66 ° 35 'and 66 ° 44' west longitude. It measures up to seventeen kilometers from north to south and up to fourteen kilometers from west to east. In the southwestern part of the canton is the central place of the canton, Huanchaca , a Minero settlement from the 19th and 20th centuries. Century, which today still consists of twelve buildings, but is currently uninhabited. The mean altitude of the canton is 4300 m .
geography
The canton of Huanchaca is located on the Altiplano in central Bolivia between the Cordillera de Chichas in the northeast and the Salar de Uyuni salt lake in the west.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 9 ° C (see Uyuni climate diagram), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate between 5 ° C in July and a good 11 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is only about 140 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to November with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, significant precipitation only falls in the months of January and February with monthly values of about 40 mm.
population
The population in the canton has decreased significantly in the last decade of the last century:
- 1992 : 74 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 11 inhabitants (census)
- 2010 : More recent data are not yet available
The population density in the canton of Huanchaca at the census was 0.1 inhabitants / km², in the municipality of Uyuni 2.4 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in the municipality in 2001 was 62 years.
The literacy rate among the over 19-year-olds in the municipality of Uyuni is 84 percent, namely 94 percent for men and 76 percent for women (2001).
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Uyuni 43.4% of the population speak the Quechua language .
structure
The Cantón Huanchaca is not further subdivided into sub-cantons ( vicecantones ), in the 2001 census the following inhabited places ( localidades ) were noted:
- Cascana
- June June
- Lupuyo
- Pacamaya
- Tagus
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE 1992)
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE 2001)
- ↑ INE social data (PDF file; 5.24 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Uyuni - General Maps No. 51201
- Municipio Uyuni - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.79 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )