Bella Vista (Alto Beni)
| Bella Vista | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 217 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 613 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-2002-0404-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 37 ′ S , 67 ° 25 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Caranavi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Caranavi climate diagram |
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Bella Vista is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Bella Vista (formerly also: Santa Ana de Alto Beni ) is the central place of the canton Santa Ana de Alto Beni in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Alto Beni in the province of Caranavi . The village is located in the Bolivian Yungas at an altitude of 869 m in the northwestern foothills of the Cordillera de Cocapata , a few kilometers southwest of the Río Alto Beni .
geography
Bella Vista is located in the transition area between the Andean Altiplano and the Bolivian lowlands. The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature is 25.5 ° C and fluctuates only slightly over the course of the year between 23 ° C in June / July and 27 ° C in November / December (see Caranavi climate chart). The annual precipitation reaches a height of almost 1500 mm, and apart from a short dry season in June / July the climate is humid all year round with monthly precipitation of over 200 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Bella Vista is located at a distance of 215 kilometers by road northeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the Ruta 3 trunk road leads via Coroico and Caranavi in a north-easterly direction to the bridge over the Río Alto Beni. Thirteen kilometers before crossing the Alto Beni, an unpaved road branches off the Ruta 3 in a northerly direction, reaches Bella Vista after one kilometer , and then continues via Santa Rosa to Sararia on the banks of the Río Alto Beni.
population
The population of the village has decreased slightly in the past decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 263 | census |
| 2001 | 269 | census |
| 2012 | 217 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the province of Caranavi 57.8 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 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.
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2015 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.
- ↑ 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 Paquia region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 12.7 MB)
- Relief map of the Palos Blancos region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.2 MB)
- Municipio Caranavi - General Maps No. 22001
- Municipio Caranavi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.17 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )