Don Lorenzo
| Don Lorenzo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1790 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 338 m | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 48 ′ S , 62 ° 53 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Andrés Ibáñez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Santa Cruz |
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Don Lorenzo is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Don Lorenzo is the third largest town in the canton of Cotoca in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of Cotoca in the province of Andrés Ibáñez . The city is located at an altitude of 338 m ten kilometers west of the Río Grande , one of the longest rivers in the Bolivian lowlands.
geography
Don Lorenzo is located in the Bolivian lowlands east of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central . The region has a tropical climate with a balanced temperature profile.
The annual average temperature of the region is 24 ° C (see climate diagram Santa Cruz), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 20 ° C in July and 26 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is about 1000 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 50 mm in the months of July and August and over 150 mm in January.
Transport network
Don Lorenzo is 36 kilometers by road east of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From the outer bypass of the city of Santa Cruz, Avenue 3 Pasos Al Frente leads eastwards and leaves the densely populated suburbs of the city after twelve kilometers. The road then goes 24 kilometers west to Don Lorenzo .
From Don Lorenzo, a twelve kilometer long country road leads north to the paved road Ruta 4 (Bolivia) / Ruta 9 , which leads from Santa Cruz via Cotoca to Puerto Pailas , crosses the Río Grande and leads to the city of Pailón . There the two highways share, the Ruta 4 leads 587 kilometers to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border, and the Ruta 9 leads 1175 kilometers north to Guayaramerín .
population
The population of the village has increased fourfold in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 464 | census |
| 2001 | 1 679 | census |
| 2012 | 1,790 | census |
Due to the historically increased population immigration , the region has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Cotoca 17.8 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 from October 29, 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.
- ↑ 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 Cotoca region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 6.55 MB)
- Municipio Cotoca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 538 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Cotoca - General Maps No. 70102
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )