Sultaca Baja
| Sultaca Baja | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 505 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2946 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0703-0101-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 45 ′ S , 64 ° 54 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Nor Cinti Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Culpina climate diagram |
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Sultaca Baja is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Sultaca Baja is the sixth largest town in the Incahuasi canton in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Incahuasi in the Nor Cinti province and is located at an altitude of 2946 m in the immediate vicinity of the Culpina basin, a drainless basin with the Salar de Culpina salt lake in the southwestern part. Sultaca Baja is located on the right bank of the Río Inca Huasi , which forms east of the scattered settlement Sultaca Baja from the Río Villa Charcas and the Río Terrado . South of Sultaca Baja, the Río Inca Huasi flows after 37 km into the Río Pilaya , a right tributary of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Sultaca is located in the mountainous region of the Cordillera de Tajsara o Tarachaca in the semi-arid transition area between the semi-humid mountain forests of the eastern mountain ranges of Bolivia and the arid Altiplano .
The annual rainfall varies between 350 and 550 mm and occurs mainly in the months from November to March; the winter months from May to August are largely free of precipitation (see Culpina climate diagram). The monthly average temperatures in the basin are between almost 20 ° C in December and 5 to 8 ° C in June / July.
population
The population of the village has decreased significantly in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 807 | census |
| 2012 | 505 | census |
Traffic situation
Sultaca Baja is at a distance of 437 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.
From Sucre, the paved road Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction to Potosí , the capital of the department bordering to the west. From here the Ruta 1 leads south , which is still paved for the first 37 kilometers to Cuchu Ingenio . After another 146 kilometers, the Ruta 1 reaches the city of Camargo . Another 19 kilometers south of Camargo, a dirt road branches off in an easterly direction, crosses the Río Camblaya and overcomes an altitude difference of 600 m on the next 47 kilometers to Culpina. To the east of Culpina a road branches off to the northeast, leaves Incahuasi on the eastern side of the Río Inca Huasi and after eighteen kilometers reaches Sultaca Baja .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aerial view of surface form and land use in the Andean basin of Culpina, southern Bolivia. Dr. Gerhard Gerold (1981)
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( accessed March 6, 2014 )
- ↑ 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. ( accessed April 24, 2014 )
Web links
- Relief map of Bolivia from 1: 2,000 GeoBolivia
- Relief map of the Culpina region 1: 50,000 Instituto Geográfico Militar Bolivia ( accessed April 13, 2017 )
- Municipio Incahuasi - General Maps No. 10703
- Municipio Incahuasi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 482 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )