Pueblo Alto
| Pueblo Alto | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 586 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2938 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0703-0101-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 45 ′ S , 64 ° 53 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Nor Cinti Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Culpina climate diagram |
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Pueblo Alto is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Pueblo Alto is the fifth largest town in the canton Incahuasi in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Incahuasi in the province of Nor Cinti and is located at an altitude of 2938 m in the immediate vicinity of the basin of Culpina, an outflow-free basin with the salt lake Salar de Culpina in the southwestern part. The street village Pueblo Alto is located on the left bank of the Río Inca Huasi , which forms two kilometers north of the village from the Río Villa Charcas and the Río Terrado . South of Pueblo Alto, the Río Inca Huasi flows after 37 kilometers into the Río Pilaya , a right tributary of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Pueblo Alto is located in the mountainous 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 in the basin are between almost 20 ° C in December and 5 to 8 ° C in June / July.
population
The population of the village has decreased slightly over the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 616 | census |
| 2012 | 586 | census |
Traffic situation
Pueblo Alto is at a distance of 434 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.
From Sucre, the paved road Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction to Potosí , the capital of the department bordering to the west. From here the Ruta 1 leads south , which is still paved for the first 37 kilometers to Cuchu Ingenio . After another 146 kilometers, the Ruta 1 reaches the city of Camargo . Another 19 kilometers south of Camargo, a dirt road branches off in an easterly direction, crosses the Río Camblaya and overcomes an altitude difference of 600 m on the next 47 kilometers to Culpina. To the east of Culpina, a road branches off to the northeast and after 13 kilometers it reaches Incahuasi and after another three kilometers in a northerly direction Pueblo Alto .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aerial view of surface form and land use in the Andean basin of Culpina, southern Bolivia. Dr. Gerhard Gerold (1981)
- ^ 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. (accessed April 14, 2014)
Web links
- Relief map of Bolivia from 1: 2,000 GeoBolivia
- Municipio Incahuasi - General Maps No. 10703
- Municipio Incahuasi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 482 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )