Padcaya
| Padcaya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1437 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1998 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0201-0100-7001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 53 ′ S , 64 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Province of Aniceto Arce | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Padcaya |
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Padcaya is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Padcaya is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Padcaya and capital of the province Aniceto Arce . The village is located at an altitude of 1998 m on the upper reaches of the Río Orosas . To the northwest towards the valley of the Río Camacho , the place is limited by a 20-kilometer-long ridge, which has its highest elevation in the Cerro Huancani at 2,960 m.
geography
Padcaya is located in southern Bolivia on the eastern slopes of the eastern Andes mountain range in the transition to the Bolivian lowlands.
The mean mean temperature of the region is 13.5 ° C (see Padcaya climate diagram), the monthly mean temperatures fluctuate between 9 ° C in June and July and 17 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is 630 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation well over 100 mm.
population
The town's population has almost tripled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 636 | census |
| 2001 | 1 133 | census |
| 2012 | 1 437 | census |
Transport network
Padcaya is located 51 kilometers south of Tarija , the capital of the department of the same name.
The asphalted highway Ruta 1 leads through Padcaya, which leads from Lake Titicaca in the north via the cities of Oruro and Potosí to Bermejo on the Argentine border in the south and has a length of 1,215 kilometers. The border town of Bermejo is 159 kilometers southeast of Padcaya .
Cityscape
Padcaya is characterized by a mixed architecture that also has elements from the colonial era. The remains of an old building complex in the city council district in the north-western part of the city are remarkable. It contains caves with rock paintings that are archaeologically interesting and point to ancient civilizations.
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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.
Web links
- Relief map of the Tarija region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.07 MB)
- Municipio Padcaya - General Maps No. 60201
- Municipio Padcaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 670 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )