Siporo
| Siporo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 279 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3266 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0301-0504-6002 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 22 ′ S , 65 ° 28 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Province of Cornelio Saavedra | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Potosí |
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Siporo is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Siporo is the central place of the canton Siporo in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Betanzos in the province of Cornelio Saavedra . The village is located at an altitude of 3266 m on one of the tributaries of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Siporo is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the western edge of the Cordillera Central . The climate of the region is a typical daytime climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The annual temperature of the region is 11 ° C (see climate diagram Potosí), the annual precipitation is 350 mm. The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 8 ° C in June / July and a good 13 ° C from November to March. The monthly precipitation is between less than 10 mm in the months May to September and a good 70 mm in January and February.
traffic
Siporo is located at a distance of 58 kilometers by road northeast of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Potosí, the asphalted highway Ruta 5 leads 31 kilometers eastwards to Betanzos , from there on in a northeasterly direction via Yotala to Sucre . At the eastern exit of Betanzos, an unpaved country road branches off to the north and, after overcoming several pass heights of up to 3700 m, reaches Siporo after 27 kilometers .
population
The population of the village is in the decade between the last two censuses risen by about half:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 196 | census |
| 2001 | 274 | census |
| 2012 | 279 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Betanzos 97.8% 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 2001 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Sucre region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.79 MB)
- Municipio Betanzos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 735 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Betanzos - General Maps No. 50301
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )