Sibaya

Hamlet in Tarapacá, Chile

Map of the commune of Huara in Tarapacá Region

19°46′58″S 69°10′22″W / 19.78278°S 69.17278°W / -19.78278; -69.17278CountryChileRegionTarapacáProvinceTamarugalCommuneHuaraGovernment

• TypeMunicipal councilElevation

2,840 m (9,320 ft)Population

(2017 Census)^[1]

• Total46Sex

^[1]

• Men24 • Women22Time zoneUTC-4 (CLT^[2]) • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (CLST^[3])Area code(+56) 5

Sibaya is a hamlet in the Altiplano of northern Chile. As of 2017 Sibaya had 46 inhabitants and 123 homes.^[1] It has an irrigation system based on underground aqueducts tapping an aquifer.^[4]

The hamlet was badly hit by the 2005 Tarapacá earthquake. The Church of Sibaya is listed as a National Monument within the category of Historical Monument since January 27, 2009. After its reconstruction the church was reopened on September 5, 2015.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caceríos 2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
^ Lictevout, Elizabeth; Abellanosa, Carlos; Maass, Constanza; Pérez, Nicolás; Gonzalo, Yáñez; Véronique, Leonardi Véronique (2020). "Exploration, mapping and characterization of filtration galleries of the Pica Oasis, northern Chile: A contribution to the knowledge of the Pica aquifer". Andean Geology. 47 (3): 529–558. doi:10.5027/andgeoV47n3-3272.
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