España Sur
| España Sur | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 174 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2335 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0101-0700-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 23 ′ S , 64 ° 27 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Province of Cercado | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tarija |
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España Sur (also Alto España Sur ) is a scattered settlement in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
España Sur is the central place of the canton Alto España in the municipality Tarija in the province of Cercado . The village is located at an altitude of 2335 m on one of the headwaters of the Río San Agustín , which flows over the Río Santa Ana into the Río Nuevo Guadalquivir .
geography
España Sur is conveniently located between the different climatic zones of the country, on the edge of the Andes at an altitude of around 2300 m , so that mostly mild and pleasant weather prevails (see climate diagram Tarija). In the rainy season between December and February (summer months) there are frequent torrential thunderstorms. The rest of the year is extremely low in precipitation.
population
The population of España Sur has decreased significantly in the decade between the last two censuses :
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 272 | census |
| 2012 | 174 | census |
Transport network
España Sur is 49 kilometers by road east of Tarija , the capital of the department.
The highway Ruta 1 runs through Tarija in a north-south direction , which crosses the Bolivian highlands from north to south and leads from Desaguadero on the border with Peru via the metropolises El Alto , Oruro and Potosí to Tarija, and from there to Bermejo on the border with Argentina .
Eight kilometers southeast of the city center of Tarija, the highway Ruta 11 branches off in an easterly direction from Ruta 1 and leads via Junacas Sur to Entre Ríos and on via Palos Blancos , Villamontes and Ibibobo to Cañada Oruro on the border with Paraguay .
At Junacas Sur a dirt road branches off to the northeast from Ruta 11, which reaches España Sur after nine kilometers via Junacas Norte .
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 December 20, 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 - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
Web links
- Relief map 6729-IV of the Narvaez region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.71 MB)
- Relief map of the Villamontes region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.68 MB)
- Municipio Tarija - General Maps No. 60101
- Municipio Tarija - detailed map and population data ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )