Pueblo Viejo (Mojinete)
| Pueblo Viejo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 52 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3700 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1002-0100-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 43 ′ S , 66 ° 23 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Lípez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Mojinete climate diagram |
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Pueblo Viejo is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Pueblo Viejo is the central place of the canton Pueblo Viejo in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Mojinete in the province of Sur Lípez . The village is located at an altitude of 3700 m on a left tributary to the Río Mojinete, a left tributary of the Río San Juan del Oro , which is one of the headwaters of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Pueblo Viejo is located on the Bolivian Altiplano in one of the southern side valleys of the Cordillera de Lípez mountain range near the Argentine border. 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 course of the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is just under 8 ° C (see Mojinete climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between just under 3 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C from December to February. The annual precipitation is low 230 mm, the monthly precipitation is below 10 mm in the winter half year from April to October and only reaches values of 50 to 60 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Pueblo Viejo is located at a distance of 570 kilometers by road south of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí the trunk road Ruta 5 leads in a southwest direction 208 kilometers via Ticatica to Uyuni , from there the Ruta 21 to the southeast 96 kilometers to Atocha and another 100 kilometers to Tupiza . About 25 kilometers behind Atocha, a dirt road branches off to the southwest at Escoriani and leads 40 kilometers to San Vicente and another 80 kilometers to the provincial capital San Pablo de Lípez . From there a road connection leads first to Guadalupe, 28 kilometers away, and from there further west for another 50 kilometers to Mojinete . From here it is another 30 kilometers to the village of Pueblo Viejo .
population
The population of the village has changed only insignificantly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 60 | census |
| 2001 | 64 | census |
| 2012 | 52 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Mojinete 94.5 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 (PDF file; 11.63 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Mojinete - General Maps No. 51002
- Municipio Mojinete - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.09 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )