San Jacinto (Chuquisaca)
| San Jacinto | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 621 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3139 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0304-0101-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 19 ′ S , 64 ° 45 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Jaime Zudáñez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tarabuco |
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San Jacinto is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
San Jacinto is the largest town in the Municipio Icla in the Jaime Zudáñez Province . The village is located at an altitude of 3139 m on the Río San Jacinto , which flows a few kilometers downstream into the Río Tarabuco , the upper reaches of the Río Icla , which flows downstream into the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
San Jacinto lies between the Altiplano and the Bolivian lowlands in the ridge of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The climate is a cool, moderate mountain climate with a typical time of day climate , in which the temperature differences fluctuate more strongly during the day than during the year.
The annual average temperature at this altitude is around 9 ° C (see Tarabuco climate diagram), the monthly averages fluctuate between 6 ° C in July and 11 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is 600 mm and has four arid months from May to August with monthly values below 10 mm, and a significant humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation between 100 and 125 mm.
Transport network
San Jacinto is located 96 kilometers by road southeast of Sucre , the capital of Bolivia and the department.
From Sucre the 976 kilometer long highway Ruta 6 leads east , which connects Sucre with the Bolivian lowlands and the metropolis Santa Cruz there , and reaches the city of Tarabuco after 67 kilometers. From Tarabuco a high road then leads south to Candelaria , where the road splits and the main road continues to Icla , a branch line to San Jacinto .
population
The population of the village has decreased significantly in the decade between the last two censuses :
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 701 | census |
| 2012 | 621 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Icla 98.6 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
Web links
- Relief map 6636-II of the Cerro Mandinga region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.72 MB)
- Relief map of the Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Icla - General Maps No. 10304
- Municipio Icla - detailed map and population data (PDF; 698 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )
- El Cañon de Icla