Lequezana
| Lequezana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 470 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3247 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0301-1001-7001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 36 ′ S , 65 ° 18 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Province of Cornelio Saavedra | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Betanzos |
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Lequezana (also Lekhesani ) is a scattered settlement in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Lequezana is the largest town in the canton of Villa El Carmen in the municipality of Betanzos in the province of Cornelio Saavedra . The locality is located at an altitude of 3247 m at the confluence of the Quebrada Tapial Esquina with the Río Khuchi Cacha, which are named Río Lekhesani downstream and belong to the river system of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Lequezana lies between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the temperature fluctuations during the day are greater than during the year.
The annual average temperature in the valleys of the region is around 17 ° C (see Betanzo's climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 19 ° C from November to January. The annual rainfall is almost 500 mm, the months May to September are arid with monthly values below 15 mm, only in January a rainfall of 100 mm is reached.
Transport network
Lequezana is 54 kilometers by road east of Potosí , the capital of the department.
The national highway Ruta 5 runs past Lequezana and leads from the border with Chile via Uyuni and Pulacayo to Potosí and on via Betanzos and Sucre to La Palizada in the Santa Cruz department . Twenty kilometers east of Betanzos near the hamlet of Villa Carmen, a dirt road branches off from Ruta 5 in a south-easterly direction and after another three kilometers reaches Lequezana .
population
The population of the village has remained almost unchanged in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 467 | census |
| 2010 | 470 | census |
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
Web links
- Relief map 6535-III of the Betanzos region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.29 MB)
- Relief map of the Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Betanzos - General Maps No. 50301
- Municipio Betanzos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 735 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )