La Cienega
| La Cienega | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 223 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3793 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1002-0100-9001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 58 ′ S , 66 ° 20 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Lípez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Mojinete climate diagram |
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La Cienega is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
La Cienega is the central place of the canton La Cienega in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Mojinete in the province of Sur Lípez . The village is located at an altitude of 3793 m on a tributary of the Río Guadalupe , which flows into the Río San Juan del Oro at Mojinete , one of the headwaters of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
La Cienega is located in the Cordillera de Lípez range on the southern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano on the Argentine border. The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with the mean temperature fluctuation during the day being more pronounced than during the course of the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is just under 8 ° C (see Mojinete climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between just under 3 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C from December to February. The annual precipitation is low 230 mm, the monthly precipitation is below 10 mm in the winter half year from April to October and only reaches values of 50 to 60 mm from December to February.
Transport network
La Cienega is 250 kilometers as the crow flies south of Potosí , the capital of the department.
The village can hardly be reached by vehicle, the direct connection to the Bolivian road network is provided by the river valley of the Río Guadalupe during the dry season.
population
The population of the village has increased fivefold in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 44 | census |
| 2012 | 223 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Mojinete 94.5 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 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 social data (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio de Mojinete - Photos and background information ( Spanish )
- Relief map of the San Pablo de Lípez region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 4.48 MB)
- Municipio Mojinete - General Maps No. 51002
- Municipio Mojinete - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.09 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )