Thola Palca
| Thola Palca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 27 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 4130 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0201-0201-9007 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 8 ′ S , 66 ° 25 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Eduardo Avaroa Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cruce Culta |
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Thola Palca (also: Tolapalca ) is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Thola Palca is the third largest town in the canton of Culta in the municipality of Challapata in the province of Eduardo Avaroa . The village is located at an altitude of 4130 m above the Río Thola Palca , which is one of the headwaters of the Río Pilcomayo . Twelve kilometers northeast of Thola Palca, the summit of Cerro Quesani rises to an altitude of more than 5000 meters.
geography
Thola Palca is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the Cordillera Azanaques , which is part of the Cordillera Central mountain range . The climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the daily temperature fluctuations are more pronounced than the mean seasonal fluctuations.
The average annual temperature of the region is 4 ° C (see climate diagram Cruce Culta) and fluctuates between 0 ° C in June and July and 6 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is only 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 15 mm, and significant precipitation only from December to March with 60 to 80 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Thola Palca is 178 kilometers south-east of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name, by road.
From Oruro, the paved national road Ruta 1 leads 116 kilometers south to Challapata , where the Ruta 30 branches off to Uyuni to the south . From Challapata, Ruta 1 then leads 62 kilometers via Ancacato to Thola Palca and on via Cruce Culta and Potosí to Tarija near the Argentine border.
population
The population of the village has been subject to drastic fluctuations in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 101 | census |
| 2001 | 181 | census |
| 2012 | 27 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Challapata 59.2 percent of the population speak Quechua .
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 Oruro 2001 (PDF; 6.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Rio Mulato region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.12 MB)
- Municipio Challapata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 811 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )