Tojo (Tarija)
| Tojo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 151 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2630 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0402-1200-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 49 ′ S , 65 ° 20 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | José María Avilés Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tupiza |
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Tojo is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Tojo is the central place of the canton Tojo in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Yunchará in the province of José María Avilés . The village is located at an altitude of 2630 m on the Río Honda, which flows to the Río San Juan del Oro .
geography
Tojo is located in the southern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . Due to the inland location, the climate is cool and dry and a typical daytime climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations (see Tupiza climate diagram).
The annual average temperature is 13 ° C 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 an only weakly pronounced humidity period from December to February with 60–80 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the place has changed only insignificantly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 155 | census |
| 2001 | 140 | census |
| 2012 | 151 | census |
Transport network
Tojo is 137 kilometers by road south of Tarija , the capital of the department of the same name.
Tarija from the leads to the Lake Titicaca leading highway Ruta 1 to the northwest. After 50 kilometers, a smaller country road branches off to the south, which leads via Iscayachi and Yunchará to Tojo and on to the Department of Potosí .
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 of the Tarija region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.07 MB)
- Municipio Yunchará - detailed map and population data (PDF; 400 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )