San Cristóbal (locality, Bolivia)
| San Cristobal | |||
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 Church of San Cristóbal |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1754 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3761 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0901-0200-8028 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 9 ′ S , 67 ° 10 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Nor Lípez Province | ||
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 Climate diagram San Cristóbal |
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San Cristóbal is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Cristóbal is a central place in the canton of San Cristóbal in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Colcha "K" in the province of Nor Lípez . The village is located at an altitude of 3761 m about 50 kilometers south of the salt lake Salar de Uyuni in the Gran Pampa Pelada , a wide plain north of the Cordillera de Lípez .
geography
San Cristóbal lies on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera de Lípez . The region's climate is semi-arid and characterized by a pronounced time-of-day climate.
The mean average temperature of the region is 7.7 ° C (see climate diagram San Cristóbal) and fluctuates only slightly between 3 ° C in June and July and about 10 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is only 100 mm, whereby the months April to November are almost without precipitation; Significant precipitation falls only in the months of January and February with 30 mm per month each.
According to the climate classification , the climate of San Cristóbal is dry and cold ( BWk ) .
Transport network
San Cristóbal is located 286 kilometers by road southwest of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Potosí, the asphalted highway Ruta 5 leads 198 kilometers in a south-westerly direction to Uyuni , from there Ruta 701 continues to the south-west and after 61 kilometers crosses the Río Grande de Uyuni and after another 27 kilometers it reaches the village of San Cristóbal .
population
In 1999 the population including the entire town was relocated six kilometers in a south-easterly direction to make way for large-scale mining of silver, zinc and lead.
The population of the village has increased many times over in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 230 | census |
| 2001 | 983 | census |
| 2012 | 1 754 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Colcha "K" 93.0 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Multilateralism, Population Displacement & Resettlement in San Cristóbal Silver Mines, Bolivia ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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 Colcha "K" - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.99 MB) (Spanish)
- Municipio Colcha "K" - general maps no. 50901
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 5.23 MB)