Santiago de Chuvica
| Santiago de Chuvica | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 168 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3800 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0901-0600-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 48 ′ S , 67 ° 45 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Nor Lípez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Colcha "K" |
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Santiago de Chuvica is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Santiago de Chuvica is one of two localities in the canton of Santiago in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Colcha "K" in the province of Nor Lípez . The village is located at an altitude of 3800 m on the southern edge of the Salar de Uyuni salt lake , the closest villages are Santiago K and Mañica .
geography
Santiago de Chuvica is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera de Lípez in the southeast. The climate of the region is a distinct daytime climate , in which the temperature differences between day and night fluctuate more clearly than the average values between summer and winter.
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 Chuvica is located at a distance of 364 kilometers by road southwest of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Potosí the asphalted highway Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction 198 kilometers to Uyuni , from there further to the south-west and after 61 kilometers it 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 from Uyuni to Avaroa on the Chilean border and on to Antofagasta . The road follows the railway line in a south-westerly direction and reaches San Juan de Rosario via Julaca after a further 57 kilometers , from there a road leads in a north-westerly direction into a side valley to Santiago de Chuvica .
population
The population of the place has remained almost unchanged in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 170 | census |
| 2001 | 139 | census |
| 2012 | 168 | 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 )