Pisiga Bolívar
| Pisiga | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Full name | Pisiga Bolívar | ||
| Residents (state) | 298 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3701 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0901-1000-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 16 ′ S , 68 ° 37 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sabaya Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Sabaya |
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Pisiga Bolívar (or Pisiga for short ) is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Pisiga is the central place of the canton Pisiga Bolívar Sucre in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sabaya in the province of Sabaya . The village is located at an altitude of 3701 m on the border with Chile , two kilometers east of the Chilean border town of Colchane . Pisiga is located on the north bank of the Río Isluga , which flows from the Laguna Parinacota in the Chilean National Park Volcán Isluga 81 km east to the Salar de Coipasa salt lake .
geography
Pisiga lies on the edge of the Bolivian Altiplano , which is bounded here to the west by the Cordillera Occidental . 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 seasons.
The climate in the region is semi-arid , the annual precipitation is low 200 mm (see climate diagram Sabaya). From April to November there is a dry season with monthly values of less than 10 mm of precipitation, the wet season in summer is short and the rain is not very productive. The annual average temperature is almost 7 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost .
The vegetation in the region corresponds to the semi-arid puna . It is treeless and mainly consists of thorn bushes , grasses , succulents and cushion plants . It is used economically as a llama , alpaca and sheep pasture .
Transport network
Pisiga lies at a distance of 231 kilometers by road southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.
Pisiga is the end point of the 279 kilometer long and largely unpaved highway Ruta 12 , which comes from Caihuasi and crosses the city of Oruro and then leads via Ancaravi , Huachacalla and Sabaya to Pisiga Bolívar on the Chilean border.
population
The population of the place has been subject to significant fluctuations in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 344 | census |
| 2001 | 718 | census |
| 2013 | 298 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Sabaya 62.9 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carola Dörrie, Soil and Vegetation in the Huachacalla Area (PDF; 22.9 MB)
- ^ 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.
- ↑ INE social data (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Salinas de Garci-Mendoza region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.44 MB)
- Municipio Sabaya - General Maps No. 40901
- Municipio Sabaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 807 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )