San Antonio de Lípez
| San Antonio de Lípez | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 268 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 4678 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1001-0200-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 52 ′ S , 66 ° 53 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Lípez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram San Antonio de Lipez |
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San Antonio de Lípez is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Antonio de Lípez is the central place of the eponymous canton of San Antonio de Lípez in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of San Pablo de Lípez in the province of Sur Lípez . The village is located at an altitude of 4678 m on the right bank of the Río Salado , which flows north from the slopes of Cerro Lípez and joins about fifteen kilometers downstream with the Río Guadalupe to the Río Grande de Lípez and on to the Salar de Uyuni flows.
geography
San Antonio is located in the southern part of the Bolivian plateau in the Cordillera de Lípez . The region has a distinct daytime climate, with mean temperatures fluctuating more strongly during the day than during the year.
The annual average temperature of the region is only slightly above freezing point (see climate diagram San Antonio de Lípez), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between minus 4 ° C in June / July and almost 8 ° C in December / January. The annual precipitation is very low at 150 mm, it is less than 5 mm monthly average from April to October, only in the southern summer months November to March there is significant precipitation.
Transport network
San Antonio de Lípez is located at a distance of 507 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 San Pablo de Lípez . From there it is another fifty kilometers to the southwest to San Antonio de Lípez .
population
The inhabitants of the locality is in the decade between the last two census decreased due to the drastically reduced mining production by about one third. Detailed data from the current census from 2012 are not yet available:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 373 | census |
| 2001 | 252 | census |
| 2012 | 268 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of San Pablo 80.9 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; 5.5 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the San Pablo de Lípez region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 4.48 MB)
- Municipio San Pablo - General Maps No. 51001
- Municipio San Pablo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.55 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )