Villa Rosario (Sabaya)
| Villa Rosario | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 258 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3800 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0901-1600-1004 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 6 ′ S , 68 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sabaya Province | ||
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 Climate diagram Sabaya |
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Villa Rosario is a village in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Villa Rosario is the central place of the canton Villa Rosario in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sabaya in the province Sabaya . The village is located on the Bolivian Altiplano at an altitude of 3800 m directly west of Cerro Pariani , which reaches an altitude of more than 5000 m. To the east of the village is the valley of the Río Sabaya , whose water, which flows only occasionally during the year, flows ten kilometers further south into the salt lake Salar de Coipasa .
geography
The climate in the region is semi-arid , the annual precipitation is only 200 mm (see climate diagram Sabaya). From April to November there is a dry season with monthly values of less than 10 mm of precipitation, the wet season in summer is short and the rain is not very productive. The annual average temperature is almost 7 ° 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
Villa Rosario is located 200 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. An unpaved road leads south from Sabaya, reaches Rosario after eleven kilometers and then continues to the village of Villa Vitalina on the Salar .
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 104 | census |
| 2001 | 110 | census |
| 2012 | 258 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Sabaya 62.9 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carola Dörrie: Soil and vegetation in the area of Huachacalla . (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 ( 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; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Sabaya - General Maps No. 40901
- Municipio Sabaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 807 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Oruro - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86; 6.2 MB) (Spanish)