Santiago de Agencha
| Santiago de Agencha | |||
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 Church in Santiago de Agencha |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 243 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3750 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0901-0303-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 35 ′ S , 67 ° 41 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Nor Lípez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Colcha "K" |
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Santiago de Agencha is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Santiago de Agencha is the central place of the canton Santiago de Agencha in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Colcha "K" in the province of Nor Lípez . The village is located on the southern edge of the Salar de Uyuni , the largest salt lake in the world with an area of more than 10,000 square kilometers .
geography
Santiago de Agencha is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera de Lípez in the southeast. The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with the mean temperature fluctuation during the day being more pronounced than during the course of the seasons.
Significant precipitation falls only in the months of January to March (see climate diagram Colcha "K"), the remaining nine months of the year are arid , the total precipitation in the region does not reach 100 mm per year. The annual average temperature is just under 7 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate only insignificantly between 2 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C from November to March, although nocturnal frosts are possible throughout the year.
Transport network
Santiago de Agencha is located at a distance of 388 kilometers by road southwest of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Potosí the paved highway Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction 198 kilometers to Uyuni , from there further to the south-west and after 61 kilometers reaches the bridge over the Río Grande de Lípez . Behind the bridge, Ruta 5 branches off in a north-westerly direction and after 36 kilometers reaches the village of Río Grande on the railway line that runs from Uyuni to Avaroa on the Chilean border and then on to Antofagasta . The road follows the railway line in a south-westerly direction and after another 30 kilometers reaches Julaca . Directly behind Julaca, an unpaved salt track branches off in a north-westerly direction and leads 63 kilometers via Mañica , Colcha "K" , Chuvica and Atulcha to Santiago de Agencha .
population
The population of the place has increased by more than half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 142 | census |
| 2001 | 258 | census |
| 2012 | 243 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Colcha "K" 90 percent of the inhabitants speak the Quechua language ( 2001 ).
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 La Paz 2001 (PDF; 5.5 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Cerro Paruma region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.44 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 (PDF 5.36 MB) ( Spanish )