Cabezas (Cordillera)
| Cabezas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2319 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 172 | ||
| height | 469 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0703-0100-1005 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 47 ′ S , 63 ° 19 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Cordillera Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cabezas |
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Cabezas is a country town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Cabezas is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Cabezas in the province of Cordillera . The city lies at an altitude of 469 m on the left bank of the Río Grande , which has finally reached the Bolivian lowlands here.
geography
Cabezas is located on the southeastern edge of the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental in the area of the subtropical climate and is characterized by a six-month dry season that extends from May to October.
The average temperature of the region is around 24 ° C (see Cabeza's climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate between 20 ° C in June and July and 27 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is 800 mm, the wettest months are January and February with 130 mm and the driest months July and August with less than 20 mm in the long-term average.
Transport network
Cabezas is 124 kilometers by road south of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Santa Cruz, the paved road Ruta 9 leads south via Río Seco to Cabezas and on via Abapó , Ipitá and Villamontes to Yacuiba on the Bolivian border with Argentina .
Cabezas is also a stop on the railway line from Santa Cruz to Yacuiba. From Abapó there are passenger train connections to the north and south, which take passengers to Santa Cruz in around three and a half hours and to Yacuiba in thirteen hours.
population
The population of the village has doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 916 | census |
| 2001 | 1 392 | census |
| 2012 | 2,319 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region still has a certain proportion of indigenous population, in the municipality of Cabezas 9.0 percent of the population speak the Quechua language and 6.8 percent speak the Guaraní language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bolivia: passenger train connections
- ↑ 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 December 27, 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.
- ↑ 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 Vallegrande region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.75 MB)
- Municipio Cabezas - General Maps No. 70703
- Municipio Cabezas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.32 MB) ( Spanish )
- Province of Cordillera Nord - road map (PDF; 677 kB)
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )