Quebrada Grande
| Quebrada Grande | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 513 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3589 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0502-0701-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 32 ′ S , 64 ° 57 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Province of Eustaquio Méndez | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Yunchará |
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Quebrada Grande is a scattered settlement in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Quebrada Grande is the second largest town in the canton of Iscayachi in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) El Puente in the province of Eustaquio Méndez . The village is located at an altitude of 3589 m on the western edge of the north-south running Cordillera de Sama on the course of the Quebrada Grande , which flows three kilometers downstream into the Río Tomayapo , a tributary of the Río San Juan del Oro .
geography
Quebrada Grande is located in the southeastern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the mean temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see Yunchará climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between a good 6 ° C in June / July and a good 14 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is just under 400 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 15 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 80–95 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Quebrada Grande is 68 kilometers west of Tarija , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Tarija the highway Ruta 1 leads north, pierces the Cordillera de Sama in a north-westerly direction and continues via the village of San Lorencito to Camargo , Padcoyo and Potosí . In San Lorencito, a dirt road branches off in a southerly direction and reaches Iscayachi after a further eleven kilometers. In Iscayachi a country road branches off in an easterly direction, and just under two kilometers later a road turns south and leads for another six kilometers to Quebrada Grande .
population
The population of the village has doubled in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 240 | census |
| 2012 | 513 | census |
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.
Web links
- Relief map 6629-III of the Tolomosa region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 1.98 MB)
- Relief map of the Tarija region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.07 MB)
- Municipio El Puente - General Maps No. 60502
- Municipio El Puente - detailed map and population data (PDF; 466 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )