Polulos
| Polulos | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 339 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 4053 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1001-0100-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 30 ′ S , 66 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Lípez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram San Pablo de Lipez |
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Polulos is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Polulos is the most populous town in the canton of San Pablo de Lípez in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of San Pablo de Lípez in the province of Sur Lípez . The place is located at an altitude of 4053 m on one of the right tributaries of the Río Grande de Lípez , which flows to the Salar de Uyuni .
geography
Polulos is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera de Lípez in the east. The region's climate is arid and has a time-of-day climate.
The mean annual temperature of the region is 5.5 ° C (see climate diagram San Pablo de Lípez), with a monthly average of just over 0 ° C in July and 8 ° C from December to February. The annual precipitation is low 170 mm, whereby the months April to October are almost free of precipitation. Significant precipitation falls only from November to March, with a maximum of 45 mm monthly precipitation in January.
Transport network
Polulos is located at a distance of 422 kilometers by road southwest of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Potosí the trunk road Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction 208 kilometers to Uyuni , from there the Ruta 21 for a further 96 kilometers to Atocha . From Atocha a country road leads in a south-easterly direction along the old railway line 23 kilometers to Escoriani and then leaves the railway line in a south-westerly direction. It reaches Portugalete after thirteen kilometers and San Vicente after another 29 kilometers . From there, an unpaved road leads in a south-westerly direction via Cerrillos to Polulos and on to Río San Pablo .
population
The population of the village has increased slightly in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no data | census |
| 2001 | 303 | census |
| 2012 | 339 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of San Pablo 80.9 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 2001 (PDF file; 5.24 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the San Pablo de Lípez region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 4.48 MB)
- Municipio San Pablo - General Maps No. 51001
- Municipio San Pablo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.55 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )