Sevaruyo
| Sevaruyo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 749 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3741 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0202-0200-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 22 ′ S , 66 ° 52 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Eduardo Avaroa Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Pampa Aullagas |
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Sevaruyo is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Sevaruyo is the central place of the canton Sevaruyo in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Quillacas in the province Eduardo Avaroa . The village is located at an altitude of 3741 m in an alluvial plain on the right bank of the Río Sevaruyo , which flows about 25 kilometers northwest of the village into the southern part of Lake Poopó .
geography
Sevaruyo 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
Sevaruyo is located at a distance of 181 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 the village of Santuario de Quillacas and on to Salinas de Garcí Mendoza and the salt lake Salar de Uyuni . In Quillacas, a dirt road branches off in a south-easterly direction and after another 16 kilometers reaches Sevaruyo .
Sevaruyo is also a stopping point on the Oruro-Uyuni railway line.
population
The population of the village has increased only marginally in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 724 | census |
| 2001 | 924 | census |
| 2012 | 749 | 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 .
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 2001 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
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 )