Kuchu Tambo

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Kuchu Tambo
Basic data
Residents (state) 505 pop. (2012 census)
height 3052  m
Post Code 01-0101-1000-7001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 18 ° 59 ′  S , 65 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 59 ′  S , 65 ° 20 ′  W
Kuchu Tambo (Bolivia)
Kuchu Tambo
Kuchu Tambo
politics
Department Chuquisaca
province Oropeza Province
climate
Climate diagram Sucre
Climate diagram Sucre

Kuchu Tambo (also Khuchu Tambo ) is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Kuchu Tambo is the largest town in the canton of San Sebastián in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sucre in the province of Oropeza . The village is located at an altitude of 3052  m in the north-western part of the plateau of the capital Sucre .

geography

Kuchu Tambo is located east of the Altiplano in the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The climate is a moderate altitude climate and a typical time of day climate , in which the average temperature fluctuation is greater during the day than during the year.

The annual average temperature in the region is around 16 ° C (see climate diagram Sucre), the monthly averages fluctuate between 14 ° C in June / July and 17 ° C in October / November. The annual precipitation is about 700 mm and has five arid months from May to September with monthly values ​​below 25 mm, and a significant humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation between 125 and 150 mm.

Transport network

Kuchu Tambo is located fourteen kilometers by road northwest of Sucre , the capital of the department.

The 976 kilometer long highway Ruta 6 leads through Sucre, which leads from the Bolivian lowlands on the border with Paraguay in the east via Padilla to Sucre and on to Oruro in the highlands. From Sucre, the road leads past the old Sucre airport "Juana Azurduy de Padilla" in a north-westerly direction and reaches the village of Kuchu Tambo seven kilometers after passing the airport .

population

The population of the village has increased significantly in the past decade due to new settlements:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 170 census
2012 505 census

Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Sucre 61.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
  4. ↑ INE social data Chuquisaca 2001 (PDF; 4.4 MB)

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