Mojo (Potosí)
| Mojo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 253 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3400 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1501-0104-3002 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 49 ′ S , 65 ° 33 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Modesto Omiste Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tupiza |
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Mojo is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Mojo is the central place of the canton Mojo in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Villazón in the province Modesto Omiste . The village is located at an altitude of 3400 m on the Río Selocha, one of the right tributaries of the Río San Juan del Oro . The municipality of Mojo with the parish church is located on the left, northern bank of the Río Selocha, the train station on the right, southern bank of the river.
geography
Mojo is located in the southern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . Due to the inland location, the climate is cool and dry and a typical daytime climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations (see Tupiza climate diagram).
The annual average temperature is 13 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 8 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C from December to February. The annual precipitation is only about 300 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and an only weakly pronounced humidity period from December to February with 60–80 mm monthly precipitation.
traffic
Mojo is 327 kilometers south of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name, and 50 kilometers from the border with Argentina . Mojo is a stop on the railway line from Oruro via Uyuni to Villazón .
From Potosí, the Ruta 1 highway, coming from Lake Titicaca , heads south-east and reaches the town of Cuchu Ingenio after 37 kilometers . Here the Ruta 14 branches off , which reaches the town of Tupiza after 224 kilometers via Tumusla , Cotagaita and Hornillos . From there, Ruta 14 continues via Suipacha and Yuruma past Mojo and ends in Villazón on the Argentine border. The entire route from Potosí is now paved.
population
The population of the village has changed only insignificantly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 269 | census |
| 2001 | 242 | census |
| 2012 | 253 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Villazón 37.8 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 Potosí 2001 (PDF; 5.5 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Tarija region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.07 MB)
- Municipio Villazón - detailed map and population data (PDF; 628 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Villazón - General Maps No. 51501
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF: 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )