Palcapata
Palcapata | ||
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Basic data | ||
Residents (state) | 732 pop. (2012 census) | |
height | 3034 m | |
Post Code | 01-0704-0100-9001 | |
Telephone code | (+591) | |
Coordinates | 20 ° 38 ′ S , 64 ° 52 ′ W | |
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politics | ||
Department | Chuquisaca | |
province | Nor Cinti Province | |
climate | ||
![]() Culpina climate diagram |
Palcapata (also Palca Pata ) is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Palcapata is the fourth largest town in the canton of Villa Charcas in the municipality of Villa Charcas in the province of Nor Cinti . The place is located at an altitude of 3034 m on the right, western bank of the Río Villa Charcas , which belongs to the river system of the Río Pilcomayo via the Río Inca Huasi and the Río Pilaya . One kilometer upstream, the Río Villa Charcas is dammed in a dam by a 250 meter long dam.
geography
Palcapata is located on the northern edge of the mountain region of the Cordillera de Tajsara o Tarachaca in the semi-arid transition area between the semi-humid mountain forests of the eastern mountain ranges of Bolivia and the arid Altiplano .
The annual rainfall varies between 350 and 550 mm and occurs mainly in the months from November to March; the winter months from May to August are largely free of precipitation (see Culpina climate diagram). The monthly average temperatures are between almost 20 ° C in December and 5 to 8 ° C in June / July.
population
The population of Palcapata has increased significantly over the past decade:
year | Residents | source |
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1992 | no detailed data | census |
2001 | 519 | census |
2012 | 732 | census |
Traffic situation
Palcapata is 377 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.
The 898-kilometer 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 to Palacio Tambo , and in Ocurí a road branches off in a southerly direction and leads via Malliri and Chiñimayu to Huancarani Alto ; the road climbs on its 45-kilometer route between Chiñimayu and Huancarani Alto to heights of just over 4000 meters. Two kilometers south of Huancarani Alto, a country road branches off to the east and reaches Palcapata after another two kilometers.
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
Web links
- Relief map 6632-III of the Santa Elena region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.17 MB)
- Relief map of the Camargo region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Incahuasi - General Maps No. 10703
- Municipio Incahuasi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 482 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )