Sacari
Sacari | ||
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Basic data | ||
Residents (state) | 523 pop. (2012 census) | |
height | 2773 m | |
Post Code | 01-0704-0401-7001 | |
Telephone code | (+591) | |
Coordinates | 20 ° 37 ′ S , 64 ° 48 ′ W | |
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politics | ||
Department | Chuquisaca | |
province | Nor Cinti Province | |
climate | ||
Culpina climate diagram |
Sacari is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Sacari is the largest town in the canton of Caiza "K" in the Municipio Villa Charcas (formerly part of the Municipio Incahuasi ) in the province of Nor Cinti . The place is located at an altitude of 2773 m on the edge of a small side valley of the Río Challa Hupo, which is connected to the Río Pilcomayo via the Río Santa Elena .
Sacari is located on the northern edge of the mountain 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 are between almost 20 ° C in December and 5 to 8 ° C in June / July.
population
The population of Sacari has decreased significantly over the past decade:
year | Residents | source |
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1992 | no detailed data | census |
2001 | 738 | census |
2012 | 523 | census |
Traffic situation
Sacari lies at a distance of 391 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.
The 898-kilometer Ruta 5 highway runs through Sucre and leads from the Cordillera Oriental across the Altiplano to the Chilean border. From Sucre, the road leads 169 kilometers in a south-westerly direction to Potosí , where it meets the north-south running Ruta 1 . From there it is another 122 kilometers on Ruta 1 to Padcoyo . From there, an unpaved road leads eastwards via Ocurí to Palacio Tambo , and in Ocurí a road branches off in a southerly direction and leads via Malliri and Chiñimayu to Huancarani Alto ; the road climbs on its 45-kilometer route between Chiñimayu and Huancarani Alto to heights of just over 4000 meters.
Two kilometers south of Huancarani Alto, a country road branches off to the east and reaches the village of Palcapata after another two kilometers. At the end of the village, the road leads to the south on the Rio Villa Charcas along, leaving the river to one and a half kilometers to the east and, after further one and a half kilometers on the highway that of Pucara north to Sacari , Santa Elena and Caiza "K" leads .
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
Web links
- Relief map 6632-III of the Santa Elena region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.17 MB)
- Relief map of the Camargo region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Incahuasi - General Maps No. 10703
- Municipio Incahuasi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 482 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )