San Felipe de Chaytavi
| San Felipe de Chaytavi | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 29 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3707 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0103-0470-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 18 ′ S , 67 ° 12 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Province of Cercado | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Poopó |
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San Felipe de Chaytavi (also: San Felipe de Chaitavi ) is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Felipe de Chaytavi is the central place of the canton of San Felipe de Chaitavi in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) El Choro in the province of Cercado and is located at an altitude of 3707 m in the river valley of the Río Desaguadero , which east of the village from the Uru-Uru- Lake flowing towards Lake Poopó .
geography
San Felipe de Chaytavi is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the Cordillera Azanaques , which is part of the Cordillera Central mountain range . The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the temperature fluctuations during the day are greater than during the year.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 8 ° C (see climate diagram Poopó) and fluctuates between 3 ° C in June and July and 11 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is around 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and significant precipitation only from December to March with 50 to 90 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
San Felipe de Chaytavi is 57 kilometers by road southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department.
From Oruro, the 279 kilometer long highway Ruta 12 leads in a south-westerly direction to Challacollo and from there via Toledo , Huachacalla and Sabaya to Pisiga on the Chilean border. Four kilometers southwest of Challacollo, the Ruta 12 crosses the Río Desaguadero , and directly behind the road bridge, a paved country road branches off to the southeast towards the village of El Choro . After seventeen kilometers an unpaved side road leads south and after another nine kilometers you reach San Felipe de Chaitavi .
population
The population of the village has been subject to strong fluctuations over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 32 | census |
| 2001 | 119 | census |
| 2012 | 29 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of El Choro 83.1 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 Oruro 2001 (PDF; 6.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio El Choro - General Maps No. 40103
- Municipio El Choro - detailed map and population data (PDF; 422 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Oruro - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 5.86 MB)