Mayu Tambo

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Mayu Tambo
Basic data
Residents (state) 406 pop. (2012 census)
height 3322  m
Post Code 05-0301-0101-1001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 19 ° 33 ′  S , 65 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 33 ′  S , 65 ° 28 ′  W
Mayu Tambo (Bolivia)
Mayu Tambo
Mayu Tambo
politics
Department Potosí
province Province of Cornelio Saavedra
climate
Climate diagram Betanzos
Climate diagram Betanzos

Mayu Tambo is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Mayu Tambo is the fourth largest town in the canton of Betanzos in the municipality of Betanzos in the Cornelio Saavedra province . The village is located directly west of the town of Betanzos at an altitude of 3322  m on the left, eastern bank of the Río Tambo Mayu, a tributary to the Río Villca Mayu.

geography

Mayu Tambo 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

Mayu Tambo is 30 kilometers by road east of Potosí , the capital of the department.

The supraregional highway Ruta 5 leads past Mayu Tambo , which leaves Ruta 7 at La Palizada , which runs north-south along the Cordillera Oriental , and heads south-west to the Chilean border. The Ruta 5 passes the cities of Aiquile , Sucre and Yotala , crosses the Río Pilcomayo and reaches Betanzos after a total of 407 kilometers . From here it leads over Potosí, Ticatica , Pulacayo and Uyuni for another 491 kilometers to Chile.

population

The population of the village has doubled in the past decade:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 213 census
2010 406 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 ( 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo

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