Eucaliptus

Eucalyptus (formerly Tomas Barrón ) is a country town in the department of Oruro in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Eucalyptus is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Eucalyptus and administrative center of the province Tomas Barrón. Through the town, the railway line leads La Paz - Oruro as well as the Bolivian section of the Panamerican Highway. Eucalyptus is located at an altitude of 3740 m on the left bank of the Río Desaguadero, which connects Lake Titicaca in the north to the south Poopó lake.

Geography

Eucalyptus is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Serranía de Sicasica as part of the Cordillera Central in the east. The climate is a typical diurnal climate where the temperature variations during the day be stronger than during the year.

The average annual temperature of the region is about 8 ° C (see climate chart Caracollo ), the monthly values ​​vary between 4 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C in December. The annual rainfall is less than 400 mm and is characterized by an extended dry season from April to October with monthly values ​​of less than 15 mm; fall only in the summer months from December to March 50 to 90 mm ​​precipitation.

Traffic network

Eucalyptus is located at a distance of 88 kilometers northwest of Oruro, the capital of the department.

By Oruro performs the highway Ruta 1, which runs through the entire Altiplano north to south, from Lake Titicaca on the metropolitan areas of El Alto / La Paz, Oruro, Potosí and Tarija until after Bermejo on the border with Argentina.

On the route from El Alto to Oruro branches 74 km north of Oruro in the village Panduro a dirt road in a southwesterly direction from the Ruta 1 and reaches after 14 kilometers above the city Quelcata Eucalyptus.

Population

The population of the town has declined slightly over the past two decades:

Because of the settlement history of the region has a high proportion of indigenous population in the municipality of Eucalitus talk 82 percent of the population, the Aymara language.