Sibaya

Sibaya
Hamlet
Church of Sibaya
Map of the commune of Huara in Tarapacá Region Sibaya Location in Chile
Coordinates: 19°46′58″S69°10′22″W / 19.78278°S 69.17278°W / -19.78278; -69.17278
Country	Chile
Region	Tarapacá
Province	Tamarugal
Commune	Huara
Government
• Type	Municipal council
Elevation	2,840 m (9,320 ft)
Population  (2017 Census) [1]
• Total	46
Sex [1]
• Men	24
• Women	22
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT [2] )
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST [3] )
Area code	(+56) 5

Sibaya is a hamlet in the Altiplano of northern Chile, in Tamarugal Province. 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

1. "Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caceríos 2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
2. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
3. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
4. 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 .
5. http://www.bienesnacionales.cl/?p=19123 ^{[ dead link ]}