Santiago de Huari
| Santiago de Huari | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 4,332 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 95 | ||
| height | 3742 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-1401-0100-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 1 ′ S , 66 ° 47 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sebastián Pagador Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Challapata |
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Santiago de Huari (or just: Huari ) is a country town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Santiago de Huari is the capital of the province of Sebastián Pagador and a central place in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Santiago de Huari . The city is located at an altitude of 3742 m at the mouth of the Río Azanaques , which flows 10 kilometers further west into the southern part of Lake Poopó .
geography
Santiago de Huari is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The region's climate is arid and characterized by a typical time of day climate.
The mean average temperature of the region is almost 9 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 5 ° C in June and July and 11 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is around 300 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and only a few months with sufficient moisture, the wettest month is January with just over 70 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Santiago de Huari is located at a distance of 139 kilometers by road south of Oruro , the capital of the department.
The Ruta 1 road leads south from Oruro and reaches the town of Poopó after 53 kilometers and the town of Challapata after another 63 kilometers . From here the Ruta 30 leads another 23 kilometers south to Santiago de Huari . The Ruta 30 continues south over Sevaruyo and Río Mulato to Uyuni .
population
The population of the village has increased by more than half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2 605 | census |
| 2001 | 2 999 | census |
| 2012 | 4 332 | census |
Due to the population distribution that has evolved over time, the region has a significant proportion of the Aymara population; in the municipality of Santiago de Huari, 45.1 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
economy
The population lives mainly from the cultivation of the staple foods quinoa , potatoes and beans , which is only practiced extensively due to the sandy and nutrient-poor soil and is almost exclusively used for self-sufficiency. Fishing in the nearby Poopó Lake is no longer possible, as the water in the lake is highly polluted by the sewage from the tin mines and the water volume of the lake has decreased significantly due to climate changes.
Individual evidence
- ↑ GEO ReiseCommunity
- ^ 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 2001 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Rio Mulato region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.12 MB)
- Municipio Santiago de Huari - General Maps No. 41401
- Municipio Santiago de Huari - detailed map and population data (PDF; 709 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )