San Antonio de Esmoruco

San Antonio de Esmoruco is a village in the department of Potosí in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

San Antonio is a central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) San Antonio de Esmoruco in the province Sur Lípez. The village lies at an altitude of 3714 m on the riverbank of the Rio Salado, which merges into the Río San Juan del Oro in the further course.

Geography

San Antonio is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera de Lípez in the east. The region's climate is arid and has a typical time of day climate.

The average annual temperature of the region lies at 8-9 ° C (see climate chart San Antonio), with a monthly average value of about 4 ° C in June / July and about 12 ° C in December and January. The annual rainfall is low 200 mm, with the months of April through October, virtually rainless. Only from November to March fall precipitation, with a maximum of about 50 mm month precipitation in January.

Traffic

San Antonio is located at a distance of 502 kilometers of road southwest of Potosi, the capital of the department of the same name.

From Potosí from the unpaved highway Ruta 5 runs in a southwesterly direction 208 km to Uyuni, from where the Ruta 21 about another 96 miles to Atocha. From Atocha from a country road leading in a south-easterly direction along the old railway line 23 km to Escoriani and then leaves the railway line in a southwesterly direction. You reached after thirteen kilometers Tatasi and after a further 29 kilometers of San Vicente. From there take the unpaved but fairly well-developed road in a southwesterly direction that overcomes pass a height of about 4750 m altitude on their way and after 88 km you will reach the provincial capital San Pablo de Lípez. From there, a 45 km long access road in a southwesterly direction to San Antonio de Esmoruco.

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades to more than seven times:

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of the Quechua population, in the municipality of San Antonio de Esmoruco 92.7 percent of the population speak the Quechua language