Ojeda (Pirhuani)

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Ojeda
Basic data
Residents (state) 324 pop. (2012 census)
height 2263  m
Post Code 01-0702-0600-4001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 20 ° 17 ′  S , 64 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 20 ° 17 ′  S , 64 ° 39 ′  W
Ojeda (Bolivia)
Ojeda
Ojeda
politics
Department Chuquisaca
province Nor Cinti Province
climate
Climate diagram Azurduy
Climate diagram Azurduy

Ojeda is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

Ojeda is the sixth largest town in the canton of Pirhuani in the municipality of San Lucas in the province of Nor Cinti . The village is located at an altitude of 2263  m on the left, western bank of the Río Esperanza, which flows ten kilometers downstream into the Río Pilcomayo .

geography

Ojeda is located between the Altiplano in the west and the lowlands in the east on one of the ridges of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The climate of the region is a distinct daytime climate , in which the temperature differences between day and night fluctuate more clearly than the average values ​​between summer and winter.

The annual average temperature is 14 ° C (see Azurduy climate diagram), the monthly values ​​fluctuate between 10 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C in December / January. Annual precipitation is just under 550 mm, with a dry season and monthly values ​​below 10 mm from May to August, and maximum values ​​of 100 to 110 mm from December to February.

Transport network

Ojeda at a distance of 381 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.

The Ruta 5 highway runs through Sucre and leads from the Cordillera Oriental across the Altiplano to the Chilean border. From Sucre, the road leads 169 kilometers in a south-westerly direction to Potosí , where it meets the north-south running Ruta 1 . From there it is another 122 kilometers on Ruta 1 to Padcoyo . From there, an unpaved road leads eastwards via Ocurí , Cinteño Tambo and Palacio Tambo to Laja Khasa . About twenty-five kilometers northeast of Laja Khasa, the road briefly exceeds the height of 4500 meters and falls back to about 4000 meters over the next six kilometers. After a total of 31 kilometers, a side street turns north to the Canchas Blancas settlement . A kilometer later a side road branches off in a southerly direction, then leaves Pirhuani on the left, reaches Ojeda after a total of 61 kilometers , and continues from here to Sacavillque Chico and Sacavillque Grande .

population

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

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 281 census
2012 324 census

Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of San Lucas 98.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
  4. ↑ INE social data Chuquisaca 2001 (PDF; 4.4 MB)

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