Suipacha (Bolivia)
| Suipacha | |||
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 Suipacha Church |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 225 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2829 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0801-0201-7027 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 34 ′ S , 65 ° 36 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Chichas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tupiza |
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Suipacha is a town in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Suipacha is the central place of the canton Suipacha in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Tupiza in the province of Sur Chichas . The village is located at an altitude of 2829 m on the left eastern bank of the Río San Juan del Oro , fifteen kilometers below the mouth of the Río Tupiza .
geography
Suipacha is located in the southern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 13 ° C (see climate diagram Tupiza) and fluctuates only slightly between 8 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C from December to February. The annual precipitation is only about 300 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 60–80 mm monthly precipitation.
traffic
Suipacha is 297 kilometers south of Potosí , the capital of the department of the same name, 65 kilometers from the border with Argentina .
From Potosí, the Ruta 1 highway, coming from Lake Titicaca , heads south-east and reaches the town of Cuchu Ingenio after 37 kilometers . Here the Ruta 14 branches off , which reaches the town of Tupiza after 224 kilometers via Tumusla , Cotagaita and Hornillos . From there, Ruta 14 continues via Suipacha and Yuruma to Villazón on the Argentine border.
Opposite Suipacha on the right side of the Río San Juan del Oro is the town of Chuquiago , stop on the railway line from Oruro via Uyuni to Villazón.
population
The population of the village has increased by more than half in the last two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 142 | census |
| 2001 | 134 | census |
| 2012 | 225 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Tupiza 49.7 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 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 Potosí 2001 (PDF; 5.5 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Camargo region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.45 MB)
- Municipio Tupiza - General Maps No. 50801
- Sud Chichas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.09 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )