Basilio (Santa Cruz)
| Basilio | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1318 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 500 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0104-0500-2002 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 7 ′ S , 63 ° 12 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Andrés Ibáñez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Santa Cruz |
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Basilio is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Basilio is the most populous town in the canton of Peji in the municipality of La Guardia in the province of Andrés Ibáñez . The municipality lies at an altitude of 500 m in the wide alluvial plain created by the Río Piraí in the west and the Río Grande in the east. In a northerly direction at a distance of about 20 km is the Lomas de Arena dune area, a shifting dune and lake area designated by the IUCN as a landscape protection area.
geography
Basilio is east of the Cordillera Oriental on the edge of the Bolivian lowlands. The region has a semi- humid, humid tropical climate with low day and night fluctuations in temperatures.
The annual average temperature is 24 ° C (see climate diagram Santa Cruz), the monthly average values fluctuate between 20 ° C in June and July and 26 ° C from October to December. The annual precipitation in the region is around 1000 mm, a short dry season from July to August with monthly precipitation of only 30-40 mm contrasts with an extended humidity period , in which the monthly values are between 135 and 160 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Basilio is 48 km south of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Santa Cruz, the paved national road Ruta 9 leads south via Villa Simón Bolívar to Basilio and further south via Mora , Cabezas , Abapó , Ipitá and Villamontes to Yacuiba on the Bolivian border with Argentina .
Basilio is also a stop on the railway line between Santa Cruz and Yacuiba, the travel time from Basilio to Santa Cruz is about an hour and a half.
population
The population of the village has almost doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 732 | census |
| 2001 | 864 | census |
| 2012 | 1 318 | census |
Due to the historical immigration of agricultural populations in the 20th century, the region has a certain proportion of indigenous population: In the municipality of La Guardia, 17.1 percent of the inhabitants speak Quechua .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bolivia passenger train connections from June 25, 2017 (accessed July 12, 2017)
- ^ 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 December 16, 2013 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; 9.0 MB)
- Municipio La Guardia - General Maps No. 70104
- Municipio Cabezas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 755 kB) ( Spanish )
- Santa Cruz Department - Social data (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )