Mojinete
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 Mojinete |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 409 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3326 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1002-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 46 ′ S , 66 ° 14 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Lípez Province | ||
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 Mojinete climate diagram |
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Mojinete is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Mojinete is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Mojinete in the province of Sur Lípez . The village is located at an altitude of 3318 m on the Río Mojinete, a left tributary of the Río San Juan del Oro , which is one of the headwaters of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Mojinete is located on the Bolivian Altiplano in one of the southern side valleys of the Cordillera de Lípez mountain range near 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
Mojinete is 540 kilometers by road south of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí the trunk road Ruta 5 leads in a southwest direction 208 kilometers via Ticatica to Uyuni , from there the Ruta 21 to the southeast 96 kilometers to Atocha and another 100 kilometers to Tupiza . About 25 kilometers behind Atocha, a dirt road branches off to the southwest at Escoriani and leads 40 kilometers to San Vicente and another 80 kilometers to the provincial capital San Pablo de Lípez . From there a road connection leads first to Guadalupe, 28 kilometers away, and from there further east for another 50 kilometers to Mojinete .
population
The population of the village has doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 199 | census |
| 2001 | 271 | census |
| 2012 | 409 | 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. The place is inhabited by 119 families (as of 2006) who live primarily from agricultural cultivation.
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 file; 11.63 MB)
- ↑ Los Tiempos 09-05-06 ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- 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 )