Todos Santos (Oruro)
| Todos Santos | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 219 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3931 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-1502-0100-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 1 ′ S , 68 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Puerto de Mejillones province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Sabaya |
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Todos Santos is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Todos Santos is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Todos Santos in the province of Puerto de Mejillones . Todos Santos is located on the upper reaches of the Río Sabaya , about 45 kilometers northwest of the salt lake Salar de Coipasa .
geography
The climate in the region is semi-arid (see climate diagram Sabaya) and shows a humid period in summer, the annual precipitation is 400–500 mm. The annual average temperature is 8 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost .
The vegetation in the region corresponds to the semi-arid puna . It is treeless and mainly consists of thorn bushes , grasses , succulents and cushion plants . It is used economically as a llama , alpaca and sheep pasture .
Transport network
Todos Santos is 231 kilometers by road from Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Oruro, the largely unpaved road Ruta 12 leads 189 kilometers in a south-westerly direction via Ancaravi and Huachacalla to Sabaya and on to Pisiga on the Chilean border. In Sabaya a dirt road branches off to the west and leads a further 32 kilometers along the Río Sabaya to La Rivera and from there in a westerly direction another ten kilometers to Todos Santos .
population
The population of the village has decreased by about a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 324 | census |
| 2001 | 376 | census |
| 2012 | 219 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of La Rivera 73.6 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carola Dörrie, Soil and Vegetation in the Huachacalla Area (PDF; 22.9 MB)
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
- ↑ INE social data (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Salinas de Garci-Mendoza region (PDF; 10.44 MB)
- Municipio Todos Santos - General Maps No. 41502
- Municipio Todos Santos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 213 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )