Ascención de Guarayos
| Ascención de Guarayos | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 19,254 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 35 | ||
| height | 252 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-1501-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 53 ′ S , 63 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Guarayos Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Urubichá |
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Ascención de Guarayos (also: Ascensión der Guarayos or short: Ascención ) is a city in the Santa Cruz department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Ascención is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Ascención de Guarayos and capital of the province of Guarayos . The city of Ascención is located at an altitude of 252 m on the right bank of the Río Sapoco and is the starting point of colonization in the northern part of the Santa Cruz department.
geography
Ascención is located in the Moxos plain ( Bolivian : Llanos de Moxos), a more than 100,000 km² flood savannah in the northern lowlands of Bolivia. The region's climate is a semi-humid climate of the warm tropics .
The mean average temperature of the region is around 25 ° C (see Urubichá climate diagram) and varies only marginally between 22 ° C in June and July and 27 ° C from October to February. The annual precipitation is about 1,150 mm, with a weak dry season from June to September with monthly precipitation below 45 mm, and a significant humidity period from November to March with monthly precipitation between 140 and 200 mm.
Transport network
Ascención is located at a distance of 302 kilometers by road north of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From Santa Cruz, the paved road Ruta 9 leads together with the Ruta 4 first in an easterly direction via Cotoca to Puerto Pailas , crosses the Río Grande and separates 14 kilometers later in Pailón . From here the Ruta 9 leads a total of 1175 kilometers north to Guayaramerin and after 249 kilometers reaches Ascención .
population
The city's population has grown rapidly over the past few decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 555 | census |
| 1992 | 8 350 | census |
| 2001 | 13 291 | census |
| 2012 | 19 254 | census |
Individual evidence
- ^ City population
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Relief map of the Ascencion de Guarayos region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.91 MB)
- Municipio Ascención de Guarayos - General Maps No. 71501
- Municipio Ascención de Guarayos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.85 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )