Real Machacamarca
| Real Machacamarca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 315 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3822 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-1202-0300-1026 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 45 ′ S , 67 ° 41 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sud Carangas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Pampa Aullagas |
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Real Machacamarca is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Real Machacamarca is the central place of the canton Real Machacamarca in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Belén de Andamarca in the province Sud Carangas . The village is located at an altitude of 3822 m about fifty kilometers west of Lake Poopó on the Bolivian highlands.
geography
Real Machacamarca is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano and west of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central . The region is characterized by a distinct daytime climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations between day and night are greater than in the average course of the year.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 9 ° C (see climate diagram Pampa Aullagas) and fluctuates between 4 ° C in June and July and 11 ° C in the summer months from November to March. The annual precipitation is less than 300 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to November with monthly precipitation under 15 mm, and a maximum of 75 mm in January.
Transport network
Real Machacamarca is 146 kilometers by road southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department.
The 279 kilometer long highway Ruta 12 leads through Toledo, which leads from Pisiga on the Chilean border in a north-easterly direction via Sabaya , Huachacalla , Ancaravi to Toledo and on to the capital Oruro. From Toledo, unpaved slopes run south over the wide plains of Lake Poopó to Andamarca and further west to Belén de Andamarca . From here it's another ten kilometers in a north-westerly direction to Real Machacamarca and from there to Cruz de Huayllamarca .
population
The population of the village has been exposed to significant fluctuations in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 284 | census |
| 2001 | 229 | census |
| 2012 | 315 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Belén de Andamarca 88.0 percent of the population speak the Aymara 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; 6.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Nevado Sajama region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.0 MB)
- Municipio Belén de Andamarca - General Maps No. 41202
- Municipio Belén de Andamarca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 326 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )