Sipe Sipe
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 Sunrise at Sipe Sipe |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 11,826 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 48 | ||
| height | 2589 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-0902-0103-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 24 ′ S , 66 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Quillacollo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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Sipe Sipe is a country town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Sipe Sipe is a central place in the district (Bolivian: Municipio ) Sipe Sipe in the province of Quillacollo . The city is located at the western end of the Cochabamba plain at an altitude of 2589 m at the confluence of the tributaries Río Viloma and Río Khayarani in the Río Rocha , the main source of the Bolivian Río Grande .
geography
Sipe Sipe is located between the Bolivian Cordillera Central and the Cordillera Oriental in the transition area to 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 and July and 20 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is about 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a rain maximum in January with 120 mm monthly precipitation.
history
The town was the scene of one of the most important battles in the South American wars of independence against Spain. In the battle of Sipe Sipe on November 29, 1815, the troops of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata were defeated by Spanish royalists, so that the "Alto Peru" region, now Bolivia, fell back under Spanish rule in Argentina.
Transport network
Sipe Sipe is located 25 kilometers by road west of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
From Cochabamba, the paved road Ruta 4 leads in a westerly direction via the town of Quillacollo to Sipe Sipe and from here on to Caracollo , where it meets Ruta 1 . The Ruta 1 crosses the Altiplano from north to south, thus providing connections to the cities of La Paz , Oruro and Potosí ago.
population
The population of the village has increased more than fivefold in the past two decades - also due to incorporations:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2 033 | census |
| 2001 | 3 134 | census |
| 2012 | 11 826 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Sipe Sipe 83.9 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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 file; 11.6 MB)
Web links
- Raised relief map of the Cochabamba region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Sipe Sipe - General Maps No. 30902
- Municipio Sipe Sipe - detailed map and population data (PDF; 440 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )