San Lucas (Nor Cinti)
| San Lucas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1941 population (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3047 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0702-0101-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 6 ′ S , 65 ° 8 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Nor Cinti Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram San Lucas |
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San Lucas is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
San Lucas is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Lucas in the province of Nor Cinti . The village is located at an altitude of 3,047 m on the left bank of the Río San Lucas , which flows downstream into the Río Turuchipa and from there flows into the Río Pilcomayo , which in turn belongs to the catchment area of the Río Paraguay .
geography
San Lucas is located on the southwestern foothills of the Bolivian Cordillera Central , between the Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. 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 in the district is around 15 ° C (see climate diagram San Lucas), the monthly averages fluctuate between almost 12 ° C in June / July and 17 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is 430 mm and has seven arid months from April to October with monthly values below 20 mm, notable monthly precipitation only falls from December to February with values of 80 to 90 mm each.
Transport network
San Lucas is located 211 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.
The 898-kilometer Ruta 5 highway runs through Sucre and leads from the Cordillera Oriental across the Altiplano to the Chilean border. From Sucre, the road leads 84 kilometers south via Yotala to Millares . From there the road continues in a south-westerly direction to Betanzos and Potosí . From Millares after 41 kilometers on the western edge of the Pampa de Lekesana , an unpaved road branches off to the south, which reaches San Lucas after 85 kilometers via the villages of Calapaya and Keluyo .
population
The population of the village has doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 922 | census |
| 2001 | 1 360 | census |
| 2012 | 1 941 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Vitichi 98.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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 Chuquisaca 2001 (PDF; 4.4 MB)
Web links
- Municipio San Lucas - General Maps No. 10702
- Municipio San Lucas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 986 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )