Estación Charagua
| Estación Charagua | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1751 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 746 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0702-0100-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 47 ′ S , 63 ° 9 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Cordillera Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Camiri |
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Estación Charagua is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Estación Charagua is the second largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Charagua in the Cordillera province . Estación Charagua is located at an altitude of 746 m on the eastern edge of the Sierra Charagua , which rises eleven kilometers west of the city to an altitude of 1400 m. In the neighboring town of Charagua , the Río Charagua breaks through the north-south ridge and flows east past Estación Charagua towards the Río Parapetí , but its water seeps away a few kilometers before it reaches the river.
geography
Estación Charagua is located in the tropical climate of the Gran Chaco , South America , 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
Estación Charagua is located 267 kilometers by road 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 . Estación Charagua is connected to Charagua by a seven kilometer long dirt road in a west-east direction.
Charagua is connected to the national air traffic via an airstrip east of the city, which has a length of 1,200 m. The railway line from Santa Cruz to Yacuiba runs through Charagua (Estación) and has a stop for passenger traffic here. From here there are passenger train connections to the north and south, which take passengers to Santa Cruz and Yacuiba in around eight and a half hours.
population
The population of the village has increased by more than half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 134 | census |
| 2001 | 1 473 | census |
| 2012 | 1 751 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Guaraní population, in the Municipio Charagua 48.8 percent of the population 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 June 10, 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.
- ↑ 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
- BoliviaBella: Charagua (English)
- In Bolivia vote, Indian power a central issue December 4, 2009 (English)
- 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 )