Vila Vila (Sacaca)
| Vila Vila | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 307 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3863 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0701-0127-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 9 ′ S , 66 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Alonso de Ibáñez province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Sacaca |
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Vila Vila is a town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Vila Vila is the fourth largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sacaca in the province of Alonso de Ibáñez . The village is located at an altitude of 3863 m on one of the plateaus of the Cordillera Azanaques on the upper reaches of the Rio Huancu . The ridges around Vila Vila rise to heights of just over 4000 m.
geography
Vila Vila is located east of the Bolivian Altiplano in the northern part of the Cordillera Central . The region's climate is typical of the time of day , in which the daily temperature fluctuations are greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual precipitation is about 550 mm (see climate diagram Sacaca), with a distinct dry season from April to October with less than 20 mm monthly precipitation, and a short wet season in January and February with precipitation well over 100 mm. The mean average temperature of the region is 9.5 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 5 ° C in June / July and 12 ° C in November / December.
Transport network
Vila Vila is located at a distance of 217 kilometers by road southeast of Oruro , the capital of the neighboring department of Oruro .
From Oruro, the paved road Ruta 1 leads south 22 kilometers via Vinto to Machacamarquita , eight kilometers north of Machacamarca . In Machacamarquita, the route 6 branches off in a south-easterly direction and reaches the city of Llallagua after 79 kilometers via Huanuni and over pass heights of more than 4,500 m . From there the Ruta 6 leads another seven kilometers to the provincial capital Uncía . Here a dirt road branches off to the east, which leads in a north-easterly direction via Chayanta and Irupata to Colloma and on to Acasio . Behind Colloma, after 26 kilometers, a country road branches off to the north, which after another 26 kilometers reaches Vila Vila .
population
The population of the place has increased by almost a fifth in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no data | census |
| 2001 | 263 | census |
| 2012 | 307 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Sacaca 84.5 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 (PDF; 5.5 MB)
Web links
- Relief map Region Uncia 1: 250,000 (JPG; 8.3 MB)
- Municipio Sacaca - General Maps No. 50701
- Municipio Sacaca - detailed map and population data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 539 kB)
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 5.23 MB)
