Tuctapari
| Tuctapari | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 332 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3187 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1102-0400-2023 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 3 ′ S , 65 ° 32 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | José María Linares Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Vitichi climate diagram |
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Tuctapari (also: San Lorenzo de Tuctapari or San Lorenzo de Potosí ) is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Tuctapari is the central place in the canton of Tuctapari and is located in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Caiza "D" in the province of José María Linares . The village is located at an altitude of 3187 m on the Río Pila Mayu, which flows ten kilometers below the village into the Río Vitichi .
geography
Tuctapari is located on the southeastern edge of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations on a long-term average.
The average annual temperature is 13 ° C (see Vitichi climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between 10 ° C in June / July and a good 15 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is only about 400 mm, with a very pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 20 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with about 80 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Tuctapari is 66 kilometers by road south of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the 1,215-kilometer-long asphalt road Ruta 1 leads south to Cuchu Ingenio and then via Tres Cruces to Tarija and Bermejo on the Argentine border. At Cuchu Ingenio, Ruta 14 branches off to the southeast, reaches Tuctapari after 27 kilometers and continues via Vitichi , Tumusla and Tupiza to Villazón on the Argentine border.
population
The town's population has more than doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 130 | census |
| 2001 | 187 | census |
| 2012 | 332 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Caiza "D" 97 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
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 2001 (PDF; 5.5 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Cotoca - General Maps No. 51102 ( Spanish )
- Municipio Caiza "D" - detailed map and population data (PDF; 893 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )