Villa Charcas
| Villa Charcas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1330 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2954 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0704-0101-9001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 43 ′ S , 64 ° 53 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Nor Cinti Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Culpina climate diagram |
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Villa Charcas is a village in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Villa Charcas is the central location of the newly created district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Villa Charcas in the province of Nor Cinti and is located at an altitude of 2954 m in the immediate vicinity of the basin of Culpina, a drainless basin with the salt lake Salar de Culpina in the southwestern part. The Municipio Villa Charcas separated from the then Municipio Incahuasi in 2009 after internal disputes with Incahuasi . Villa Charcas is located at the confluence of the Río Villa Charcas and the Río Terrado to the Río Inca Huasi . South of Villa Charcas, the Río Inca Huasi flows after 39 kilometers into the Río Pilaya , a right tributary of the Río Pilcomayo .
geography
Villa Charcas and Culpina are located in the mountainous region of the Cordillera de Tajsara o Tarachaca in the semi-arid transition area between the semi-humid mountain forests of the eastern mountain ranges of Bolivia and the arid Altiplano .
The annual rainfall varies between 350 and 550 mm and occurs mainly in the months from November to March; the winter months from May to August are largely free of precipitation (see Culpina climate diagram). The monthly average temperatures in the basin are between almost 20 ° C in December and 5 to 8 ° C in June / July.
population
The population of Villa Charcas has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 576 | census |
| 2001 | 950 | census |
| 2012 | 1,330 | census |
Traffic situation
Villa Charcas is located at a distance of 439 kilometers by road south of Sucre , the capital of the department.
From Sucre, the paved road Ruta 5 leads in a south-westerly direction to Potosí , the capital of the department bordering to the west. From here the Ruta 1 leads south , which is still paved for the first 37 kilometers to Cuchu Ingenio . After another 146 kilometers, the Ruta 1 reaches the city of Camargo . Another 19 kilometers south of Camargo, a dirt road branches off in an easterly direction, crosses the Río Camblaya and overcomes a height difference of 600 meters over the next 47 kilometers to Culpina. To the east of Culpina, a road branches off to the northeast and after a further 21 kilometers past Incahuasi it reaches the community of Villa Charcas .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aerial view of surface form and land use in the Andean basin of Culpina, southern Bolivia. Dr. Gerhard Gerold (1981)
- ^ 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 6631-IV of the Culpina region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 1.99 MB)
- Relief map of the Camargo region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Municipio Incahuasi - General Maps No. 10703
- Municipio Incahuasi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 482 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )