Santiváñez
| Santiváñez | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 874 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2554 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0702-0470-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 33 ′ S , 66 ° 15 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Capinota Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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Santiváñez is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Santiváñez is the central place of the district (Bolivian: Municipio ) Santiváñez in the province of Capinota in a side valley of the 490 km² fertile plateau of the Valle Alto . The village is located at an altitude of 2554 m , seventeen kilometers west of the Laguna La Angostura , the largest reservoir in Bolivia.
geography
Santiváñez lies in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands. The mean average temperature of the region is around 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba) and fluctuates only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 20 ° C in October / November. The annual precipitation is only around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 90 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.
traffic
Santiváñez is 26 kilometers by road from Cochabamba , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Cochabamba, Avenida Panamericana leads south past the airport . It reaches Santiváñez after 26 km and continues towards Capinota .
population
The population of the village has fluctuated over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 928 | census |
| 2001 | 1 046 | census |
| 2012 | 874 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Tarata 93.7 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 ( 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 Cochabamba 2001 (PDF; 8.0 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Santiváñez - detailed map and population data (PDF; 332 kB) (Spanish)
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 7.58 MB)