La Sillada

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La Sillada
Basic data
Residents (state) 574 pop. (2012 census)
height 3000  m
Post Code 01-0202-02600-5001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 19 ° 48 ′  S , 64 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 48 ′  S , 64 ° 36 ′  W
La Sillada (Bolivia)
La Sillada
La Sillada
politics
Department Chuquisaca
province Azurduy Province
climate
Climate diagram Tarabuco
Climate diagram Tarabuco

La Sillada (also La Sillara ) is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

La Sillada is the second largest town in the canton of Mariscal Braun in the municipality of Tarvita in the province of Azurduy . The village is located at an altitude of 3000  m on a plateau between the Río Sillara and the Río Saucuyoj, both of which flow west to the Río San José, a tributary of the Río Pilcomayo .

geography

La Sillada is located between the Altiplano and the Bolivian lowlands in the southern part of 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

La Sillada is located at a distance of 198 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 , Jatun Mayu and Pampas de Leque to Capactala and Tarvita . Eighteen kilometers south of Pampas de Leque, a side road branches off in a north-westerly direction and after another nine kilometers reaches La Sillada .

population

The population of the village has decreased over the past decade:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 631 census
2012 574 census

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

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