Sacabaya
| Sacabaya | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 216 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3845 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0901-0400-1003 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 34 ′ S , 68 ° 47 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Atahuallpa Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Sabaya |
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Sacabaya is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Sacabaya is the central place of the canton Sacabaya in the municipality Sabaya . The village is located at an altitude of 3845 m on the right, southern bank of the Río Lauca , which flows here in an easterly direction and joins the Río Sajama eleven kilometers downstream .
geography
The climate in the region is semi-arid , the annual precipitation is only 200 mm (see climate diagram Sabaya). From April to November there is a dry season with monthly values of less than 10 mm of precipitation, the wet season in summer is short and the rain is not very productive. The annual average temperature is almost 7 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost .
The vegetation in the region corresponds to the semi-arid puna . It is treeless and mainly consists of thorn bushes , grasses , succulents and cushion plants . It is used economically as a llama , alpaca and sheep pasture .
Transport network
Sacabaya is located at a distance of 305 kilometers by road southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Oruro, the 169-kilometer unpaved road Ruta 31 leads west via La Joya to Curahuara de Carangas . From Curahuara , a dirt road leads south to Turco, 49 kilometers away . From Turco you follow the Ruta 27 westwards towards Cosapa and after 55 kilometers cross the Río Cosapa . After another seven kilometers, an unpaved road branches off to the south, which passes the confluence of the Río Lauca and Río Sajama and reaches Sacabaya after 36 kilometers .
population
The population of the village has increased by around a quarter in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | |
| 2001 | 172 | census |
| 2013 | 216 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Sabaya 62.9 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carola Dörrie, Soil and Vegetation in the Huachacalla Area (PDF file; 21.84 MB)
- ^ 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
- Relief map of the Salinas de Garci-Mendoza region (PDF; 10.44 MB)
- Municipio Sabaya - General Maps No. 40901
- Municipio Sabaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 807 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )