Santuario de Quillacas
| Santuario de Quillacas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 910 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3770 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0202-0100-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 14 ′ S , 66 ° 57 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Eduardo Avaroa Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Pampa Aullagas |
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Santuario de Quillacas is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The village was founded on May 20, 1501, but under the current buildings there are stone blocks, which suggest a significantly older building.
Location in the vicinity
Santuario de Quillacas is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Quillacas in the province of Eduardo Avaroa . The village is located at an altitude of 3770 m between two island mountains, which rise as the remains of a volcanic crater about nine kilometers south of Lake Poopó from the alluvial plain of Río Márquez and Río Sevaruyo .
geography
Santuario de Quillacas 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 just under 9 ° C (see climate diagram Pampa Aullagas) and fluctuates only insignificantly 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
Santuario de Quillacas is located 165 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 leads 30 kilometers south via Santiago de Huari . After crossing a river, a dirt road turns southwest and after 19 kilometers leads to Santuario de Quillacas . The road continues in a south-westerly direction to Salinas de Garcí Mendoza and the Salar de Uyuni salt lake .
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 374 | census |
| 2001 | 841 | census |
| 2012 | 910 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Santuario de Quillacas 52.4 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
politics
In March 2012, border disputes escalated between Quillacas and the neighboring municipality of Coroma in the Department of Potosí. In violent clashes between the two divided border communities there were 25 injured and two seriously injured, in Oruro the regional trade union federation COD and around 500 miners accused the government in La Paz of inactivity, and in the departmental capital Potosí Because of the protests there, all public life stood still for 24 hours. Autonomy Minister Claudia Peña declared the strike "political and unjustified". As early as the first weekend in March there was a written agreement between the two communities for a peaceful settlement of the conflict over arable land. The local pacification is above all the task of those affected, said Peña.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Santuario de Quillacas - photos and brief information ( English )
- ^ 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)
- ↑ Bolivia: Dispute over arable land ( Memento of March 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) March 10, 2012
Web links
- Relief map of the Rio Mulato region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.12 MB)
- Municipio Santuario de Quillacas - General Maps No. 40202
- Municipio Santuario de Quillacas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 461 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )
- El silencio de Quillacas. La Razón, July 28, 2003 ( Spanish )