San Antonio de Esmoruco
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 San Antonio de Esmoruco |
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| Residents (state) | 993 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3714 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1003-0100-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 57 ′ S , 66 ° 31 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Lípez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram San Antonio de Esmoruco |
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San Antonio de Esmoruco is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Antonio is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Antonio de Esmoruco in the province of Sur Lípez . The village is located at an altitude of 3714 m on the course of the Río Salado , which later merges into the Río San Juan del Oro .
geography
San Antonio lies on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera de Lípez in the east. The region's climate is arid and has a typical time of day climate.
The annual average temperature of the region is 8 to 9 ° C (see climate diagram San Antonio), with a monthly average of around 4 ° C in June / July and just under 12 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is a low 200 mm, with the months April to October being almost free of precipitation. Significant precipitation falls only from November to March, with a maximum of around 50 mm monthly precipitation in January.
traffic
San Antonio is located at a distance of 502 kilometers by road southwest of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Potosí the trunk road Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction 208 kilometers to Uyuni , from there the Ruta 21 for a further 96 kilometers to Atocha . From Atocha a country road leads in a south-easterly direction along the old railway line 23 kilometers to Escoriani and then leaves the railway line in a south-westerly direction. It reaches Tatasi after thirteen kilometers and San Vicente after another 29 kilometers . From there an unpaved but well-developed country road leads in a south-westerly direction, which on its way overcomes a pass height of about 4750 m and after 88 kilometers reaches the provincial capital of San Pablo de Lípez . From there, a 45-kilometer cul-de-sac leads south-west to San Antonio de Esmoruco .
population
The population of the village has increased more than sevenfold in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 145 | census |
| 2001 | 370 | census |
| 2012 | 993 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of San Antonio de Esmoruco 92.7 percent of the population speak the Quechua 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 2001 (PDF; 11.63 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the San Pablo de Lípez region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 4.48 MB)
- Municipio San Antonio - General Maps No. 51003
- Municipio San Antonio - detailed map and population data (PDF; 734 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB)