Abapó
| Abapó | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2386 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 168 | ||
| height | 445 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0703-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 54 ′ S , 63 ° 24 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Cordillera Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Abapó climate diagram |
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Abapó is a country town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Abapó is the most populous city in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Cabezas in the Cordillera province . The city lies at an altitude of 445 m on the left bank of the Río Grande , which here finally reaches the Bolivian lowlands.
geography
Abapó is in the area of the tropical climate, the six-month wet season extends from November to April and the dry season from May to October.
The annual average temperature is 23 ° C (see Abapó climate diagram), with 17 to 18 ° C from June to July and over 26 ° C from November to December. The annual precipitation is a good 800 mm, the wettest months are January and February with about 130 mm and the driest months July and August with 10 to 20 mm.
Transport network
Abapó is at a distance of 142 kilometers by road south of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Santa Cruz, the paved highway Ruta 9 leads south via Cabezas to Abapó and for another 405 kilometers via Ipitá and Villamontes to Yacuiba on the Bolivian border with Argentina .
Abapó is also a stop on the railway line from Santa Cruz to Yacuiba. From Abapó there are passenger train connections to the north and south, which take passengers to Santa Cruz in around three hours and to Yacuiba in twelve hours.
population
The population of the village has more than tripled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 731 | census |
| 2001 | 2 218 | census |
| 2012 | 2,386 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region still has a certain proportion of indigenous population: In the municipality of Cabezas, 9.0 percent of the population speak the Quechua language and 6.8 percent speak the Guaraní language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bolivia: passenger train connections
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento from December 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ INE social data Santa Cruz 2001 ( Memento from September 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.99 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Vallegrande region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.75 MB)
- Municipio Cabezas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.32 MB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Cabezas - General Maps No. 70703
- Province of Cordillera Nord - road map (PDF; 677 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )