Vitichi
| Vitichi | |||
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 Vitichi and Río Vitichi |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 394 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2999 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-0602-0102-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 12 ′ S , 65 ° 30 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Nor Chichas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Vitichi climate diagram |
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Vitichi is a town in the Potosí Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Vitichi is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Vitichi in the province of Nor Chichas . The village is located at an altitude of 1684 m on the left bank of the Río Vitichi , thirty kilometers above its junction with the Río Tumusla .
geography
Vitichi is located in the southern part 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 usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
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
Vitichi is located 131 kilometers by road south of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Potosí, the paved road Ruta 1 leads from Lake Titicaca in the north to the Argentine border in the south and crosses the cities of El Alto , Oruro and Potosí . From Potosí it leads over 37 kilometers in a southerly direction to Cuchu Ingenio , where route 14 branches off in a southerly direction and after another 94 kilometers it reaches Vitichi . It then continues via Tumusla and Cotagaita to Villazón .
population
The population of the village has decreased by about half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 732 | census |
| 2001 | 789 | census |
| 2012 | 394 | census |
Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Vitichi 98.2 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 Potosí 2001 (PDF; 5.5 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Vitichi - General Maps No. 50602
- Municipio Vitichi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 764 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )