Comunidad Australia
| Comunidad Australia | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 373 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 160 m | ||
| Post Code | 08-0303-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 12 ° 47 ′ S , 66 ° 31 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Ballivián Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Rurrenabaque |
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Comunidad Australia is a town in the Beni department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Comunidad Australia is a village in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Santa Rosa in the province of Ballivián . The place is at a height of 160 m in the source area of the Arroyo Aurora, which flows a few kilometers southeast of the village into the Arroyo San Antonio and from there flows into the Río Benicito . To the east of the Río Yata, at a distance of 60 to 100 kilometers, there are a number of lakes, the largest of which is the Rojo Aguado .
geography
Comunidad Australia is located in the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin in the alluvial plain between the Río Beni and the Río Yata in a year-round humid climate.
The annual average temperature of the region is 26 ° C (see climate diagram Rurrenabaque) and fluctuates only marginally between 23 ° C in June and July and a good 27 ° C from October to December. The annual precipitation is almost 2000 mm, with a pronounced rainy season from December to March with 200 to 300 mm monthly precipitation and the lowest monthly values just under 100 mm from July to September.
Transport network
Southeast of Comunidad Australia and 648 kilometers by road is Trinidad , the capital of the department.
From Trinidad, the largely unpaved road Ruta 3 leads in a south-westerly direction via San Ignacio de Moxos and San Borja to Yucumo . From there the Ruta 8 leads over 99 kilometers to the northwest to Rurrenabaque, from there further in a northeast direction for another 97 kilometers via Reyes to Santa Rosa de Yacuma . From there it is 84 kilometers in a north-easterly direction to the Río Yata, which she crosses on a newly built bridge near Santa Teresa del Yata , and another 58 kilometers to Comunidad Australia .
In its extension, the road reaches the city of Guayaramerín on the Río Mamoré on the border with Brazil after a further 357 kilometers in the northeastern part of the country .
population
The population of the village has been subject to strong fluctuations in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 426 | census |
| 2001 | 281 | census |
| 2012 | 373 | census |
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 September 24, 2015 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 - 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.
Web links
- Barraca Fortaleza region - Relief map 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.4 MB)
- Puerto Cavinas - topographic map 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.81 MB)
- Municipio Santa Rosa de Yacuma - General Maps No. 80303
- Municipio Santa Rosa de Yacuma - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.71 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Beni - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.82 MB) ( Spanish )