Colonia Casa Grande
| Colonia Casa Grande | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Population (state) population density |
1229 inhabitants (2012 census) 19 inhabitants / km² |
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| surface | 64.55 km² | ||
| height | 580 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0702-0100-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 43 ′ S , 62 ° 54 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Chiquitos Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Camiri |
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Colonia Casa Grande (also: Colonia Menonita Casa Grande ) is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia . It was founded in 1996 by Mennonite immigrants .
Location in the vicinity
Colonia Casa Grande is a scattered rural settlement in the canton of Charagua in the municipality of Charagua in the province of Cordillera . The settlement extends at an altitude of about 580 m in the intensively used agricultural area over an area of 64.5 square kilometers. It consists of the amalgamation of various Mennonite small communities that make their living by farming and raising livestock.
geography
Colonia Casa Grande is located in the area of the tropical climate in the South American Gran Chaco , the six-month wet season extends from November to April and the dry season from May to October.
The annual average temperature is 23 ° C (see Camiri climate diagram), with 17 to 18 ° C from June to July and over 26 ° C from November to December. The annual precipitation is almost 900 mm, the wettest months are December and January with 175 mm and the driest months July and August with almost 10 mm.
Transport network
Colonia Casa Grande is 297 kilometers south of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From Santa Cruz, the asphalted highway Ruta 9 leads over 318 kilometers in a southerly direction via Cabezas to Abapó . There the Ruta 36 continues in a southerly direction and reaches the city of Charagua via El Espino and continues to Boyuibe .
In Charagua, a country road branches off to the east from Ruta 36 and leads via Estación Charagua into the Mennonite settlement area, via Colonia Uno (Pinondi) to Colonia Casa Grande .
population
The number of inhabitants in the region increased sharply, especially during the development phase due to the Mennonite immigration in the 1990s, now the number of inhabitants fluctuates strongly from decade to decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | - | census |
| 2001 | 632 | census |
| 2012 | 1 229 | census |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adalberto Kopp, Las colonias menonitas en Bolivia (2015) page 56 ( Spanish )
- ↑ Adalberto Kopp, Las colonias menonitas en Bolivia (2015) page 60 ( Spanish )
- ↑ 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 January 7, 2017 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. ( accessed March 27, 2012 )
- ↑ 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. ( accessed April 14, 2014 )
Web links
- Adalberto Kopp, Las colonias menonitas en Bolivia 2015 ( Spanish )
- The terrible Idyll In: STERN December 17, 2014 (accessed January 21, 2017)
- Municipio Charagua - detailed map and population data (PDF; 4.28 MB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Charagua - General Maps No. 70702
- Province of Cordillera Nord - road map (PDF; 677 kB)
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )