Tarvita
| Tarvita | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Full name | Tarvita (Villa Orías) | ||
| Residents (state) | 960 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2462 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0202-0100-9001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 56 ′ S , 64 ° 29 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Azurduy Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Azurduy |
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Tarvita is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Tarvita is the central place of the district (Bolivian: Municipio ) Tarvita in the province of Azurduy . The village is located at an altitude of 2462 m at the confluence of the two rivers Río Puca Mayu and Río Cruz Mayu with the Río Las Cañadas . Below the village, the river is called Río Tarvita and belongs to the river system of the Bolivian Río Grande .
geography
Tarvita is located between the Altiplano in the west and the lowlands in the east in one of the north-south side valleys of the Bolivian Cordillera Central .
The climate of the region is a distinct daytime climate , in which the temperature differences between day and night fluctuate more clearly than the average values between summer and winter. The annual average temperature is 14 ° C (see Azurduy climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate between 10 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C in December / January. Annual precipitation is just under 550 mm, with a dry season and monthly values below 10 mm from May to August, and maximum values of 100 to 110 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Tarvita is located at a distance of 282 kilometers by road south-east of Sucre , the capital of the department.
The 976 kilometer long highway Ruta 6 , which connects the capital with the Bolivian lowlands and the metropolis of Santa Cruz there , runs through Sucre . The road from Sucre to the east is paved only for the first 67 kilometers to Tarabuco , the following 120 kilometers to Padilla are covered with unpaved gravel. Fifteen kilometers before Padilla, a dirt road branches off to the south and leads via Alcalá for 115 kilometers to Tarvita .
population
The population of the village has increased fourfold in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 227 | census |
| 2001 | 652 | census |
| 2012 | 960 | census |
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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.
Web links
- Relief map 6734-III of the Villa Orias region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.34 MB)
- Relief map of the Charagua region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 6.23 MB)
- Municipio Tarvita - detailed map and population data (PDF; 920 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 4.21 MB)