Sillota Belén
| Sillota Belén | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 328 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3741 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0102-0270-9002 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 48 ′ S , 67 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Province of Cercado | ||
| climate | |||
 Oruro climate diagram |
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Sillota Belén is a town in the Oruro department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Sillota Belén is the central place of the canton Sillota Belén in the municipality Caracollo in the province of Cercado . The village is located at an altitude of 3741 m on the southern edge of the Huancaroma salt pan, which extends with a size of about 100 km² east of the Río Desaguadero .
geography
Sillota Belén is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andean mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with mean temperatures fluctuating more during the day than during the year.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 11 ° C (see Oruro climate diagram), the monthly averages fluctuate only slightly between 6 ° C in June / July and 13-14 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation is around 400 mm, the mean monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months of May and August and around 80 mm from January to February.
Transport network
Sillota Belén is 26 kilometers by road northwest of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Oruro, the unpaved national road Ruta 31 leads in a north-westerly direction and via Belén on to La Joya and Huayllamarca and on via Totora to Curahuara de Carangas , where it meets Ruta 4 , which leads west to the Chilean border.
population
The population of Sillota Belén has more than doubled in the last two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 133 | census |
| 2001 | 415 | census |
| 2012 | 332 | census |
Due to the population structure that has evolved over time, the Aymara population is predominant in Belén , while 72.2 percent of the population in the Municipio Caracollo 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; 6.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Caracollo - General Maps No. 40102
- Municipio Caracollo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 695 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )