Achiras
| Achiras | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 286 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1351 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0901-0103-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 10 ′ S , 63 ° 49 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Florida Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Samaipata |
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Achiras (also: Achira ) is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Achiras is the second largest town in the canton of Samaipata in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Samaipata in the province of Florida . The village is located in the eastern Andean Mountains at an altitude of 1351 m in the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental , on the upper reaches of the Río Achira , which flows over the Río Laja to the Río Piraí and is thus directly connected to the Amazon basin .
geography
Achiras lies in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. Because of the sheltered valley location, the climate is mild and balanced all year round, not as hot and humid as in the nearby lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is 18 ° C (see climate diagram Samaipata) and fluctuates only slightly between 15 ° C in June / July and almost 20 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is around 750 mm, with a weak dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 35 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 110-120 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Achiras is located at a distance of 110 kilometers by road southwest of the department capital Santa Cruz and nine kilometers west of Samaipata , the central place of the district.
The 488 km long paved highway Ruta 7 runs through Samaipata , which connects the two metropolises Santa Cruz and Cochabamba . The Ruta 7 leads via La Guardia and La Angostura to Achiras and then on via Saimapata , Mairana and Comarapa to Cochabamba.
population
The population of the village has decreased over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | - | census |
| 2001 | 467 | census |
| 2013 | 286 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region still has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Samaipata 15.5 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 522 inhabitants for the double village Achiras / Paredones ( 1992 ), which together reached 840 inhabitants in the 2001 census
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento from October 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ INE social data 2001 ( Memento from September 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 5.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Vallegrande region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.75 MB)
- Municipio Samaipata - General Maps No. 70901
- Municipio Samaipata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 0.97 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )