Sajlina Alta
| Sajlina Alta | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 363 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2968 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0902-0100-7001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 49 ′ S , 65 ° 1 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Sud Cinti Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Culpina climate diagram |
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Sajlina Alta is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Sajlina Alta is the third largest town in the canton of Culpina in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Culpina in the province of Sud Cinti and is located at an altitude of 2968 m in the basin of Culpina, a basin without drainage with the salt lake Salar de Culpina in the southwestern part. The basin of Culpina is bounded to the east and south by the valleys of the Río Pilaya , to the west by the Río Tumusla in the long valley of Camargo .
geography
The Culpina basin is located 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 in the basin are between almost 20 ° C in December and 5 to 8 ° C in June / July.
population
The population of the village has increased by almost half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 015 | census |
| 2001 | 1 026 | census |
| 2012 | 363 | census |
economy
The small-parcel cultivation in the basin of Culpina takes up the entire large alluvial fan of the Río Culpina, which drains from the northwestern mountain range to the Salar de Culpina. The cultivated area used extends over an area of around 5 km × 15 km.
The valley of Culpina produces more than 80 percent of the Bolivian onion variety Cebolla rosada .
Transport network
Sajlina Alta is 411 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.
From Sucre, the paved road Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction to Potosí , the capital of the department bordering to the west. From here the Ruta 1 leads south , which is still paved for the first 37 kilometers to Cuchu Ingenio . After another 146 kilometers, the Ruta 1 reaches the city of Camargo . Another 19 kilometers south of Camargo, a dirt road branches off in an easterly direction, crosses the Río Camblaya and overcomes an altitude difference of 600 m over the next 47 kilometers to Culpina . The road reaches Sajlina Alta seven kilometers before Culpina.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aerial view of surface form and land use in the Andean basin of Culpina, southern Bolivia. Dr. Gerhard Gerold (1981)
- ^ 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.
- ↑ Ex Libro Lapidum Historia Mundi
Web links
- Municipio Culpina - General Maps No. 10902
- Municipio Culpina - detailed map and population data (PDF; 746 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )