Abra de San Miguel
| Abra de San Miguel | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 221 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2061 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0201-0200-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 54 ′ S , 64 ° 49 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Province of Aniceto Arce | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tarija |
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Abra de San Miguel is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Abra de San Miguel is one of four localities in the canton of Chaguaya in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Padcaya in the province of Aniceto Arce . The village is located at an altitude of 2061 m a few kilometers east of the Río Camacho , which flows further below the town of Valle de Concepción (formerly: Uriondo ) and flows into the Río Rochero .
geography
Abra de San Miguel is conveniently located between the different climate zones of the country on the edge of the eastern Andes mountain range at the transition to the Bolivian lowlands, so that mostly mild and pleasant weather prevails. In the summer months there are frequent thunderstorms like torrentials, the rest of the year has very little precipitation.
The mean average temperature of the region is 19 ° C (see climate diagram Tarija), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate between 14 ° C in June and July and 22 ° C in December to March. The annual precipitation is about 550 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation between 0 and 30 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation of about 120 mm.
Transport network
Abra de San Miguel is 59 kilometers by road south of Tarija , the capital of the department.
From the Tarija, the paved road Ruta 1 leads southeast towards the cities of Padcaya and Bermejo . After seventeen kilometers from the main road, the asphalted route 45 branches off to the west, after five kilometers it crosses the valley of the Río Guadalquivir and after three kilometers it reaches the village of Valle de Concepción . From there the Ruta 45 leads as a dirt road in a south-westerly direction and reaches the village of Chaguaya after 30 kilometers via Chocloca and Juntas . From there it is another four kilometers in a south-easterly direction on asphalt road to Abra de San Miguel and another twelve kilometers to Padcaya.
population
The population of the village has decreased by almost a third in the past two years:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 303 | census |
| 2001 | 309 | census |
| 2012 | 221 | census |
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Relief map of the Camargo region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 10.45 MB)
- Municipio Padcaya - General Maps No. 60201
- Municipio Padcaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 670 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )