Buen Retiro (Santa Cruz)
| Buen Retiro | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1932 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 290 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0401-0100-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 18 ′ S , 63 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Ichilo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Santa Fe de Yapacaní |
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Buen Retiro is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Buen Retiro is the third largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of San Carlos in the Ichilo province . The village is located at an altitude of 290 m on a tributary of the Río Palacios in front of the Bolivian Voranden chains in the wetland between the Río Yapacaní and the Río Piraí .
geography
Buen Retiro lies east of the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental on the edge of the Bolivian lowlands.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 24 ° C (see climate diagram Santa Fe de Yapacaní) and fluctuates only marginally between almost 21 ° C in June and July and a good 26 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is about 1800 mm, with monthly precipitation between 60 mm in July and average maximum values of 200 to 300 mm in the summer months from December to February.
Transport network
To the southeast of Buen Retiro at a distance of 123 kilometers by road is Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From Santa Cruz, Buen Retiro can be reached via the 1,657-kilometer Ruta 4 highway , which crosses the entire country from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border in a west-east direction and leads to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border. It leads via Cochabamba , Villa Tunari and Yapacaní to the city of San Carlos and on via Santa Cruz , Pailón and Roboré to Puerto Suárez. In San Carlos, a country road branches off from Ruta 4 in a northerly direction and reaches Buen Retiro after thirteen kilometers.
population
The population of the village has increased by almost a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,544 | census |
| 2001 | 1,693 | census |
| 2012 | 1.932 | census |
Due to immigration from the Altiplano in the second half of the 20th century, the region has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of San Carlos 23.8 percent of the population speak the Quechua 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 dated February 2, 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 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 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 social data Santa Cruz 2001 ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2013 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. (PDF; 5.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Santa Cruz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.88 MB)
- Municipio San Carlos - General Maps No. 70402
- Municipio San Carlos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 805 kB) ( Spanish )
- Santa Cruz Department - Social data (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )