Eterazama

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Eterazama
Basic data
Residents (state) 3359 pop. (2012 census)
rank Rank 132
height 245  m
Post Code 03-1003-0110-4001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 16 ° 50 ′  S , 65 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 50 ′  S , 65 ° 31 ′  W
Eterazama (Bolivia)
Eterazama
Eterazama
politics
Department Cochabamba
province Chapare Province
climate
Climate diagram Villa Tunari
Climate diagram Villa Tunari

Eterazama is a country town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

Eterazama is the second largest town in the district (Bolivian: Municipio ) Villa Tunari in the province of Chapare . The city is located on the Río Eteramasama at an altitude of 245  m at the foot of the Cochabamba ridge of the Cordillera .

geography

Eterazama is located in the Bolivian lowlands on the northern edge of the Cordillera Oriental . The climate is tropical with a pronounced time of day climate .

The long-term average annual temperature is almost 27 ° C (see Villa Tunari climate diagram), the monthly temperatures are between a good 23 ° C in July and almost 29 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation of 2,300 mm shows a clear rainy season from October to April, with monthly precipitation between 160 and 380 mm.

Transport network

Eterazama is located at a distance of 190 kilometers by road northeast of Cochabamba, the capital of the department.

The 1,657-kilometer Ruta 4 highway passes south of Eterazama and crosses the country from west to east. It leads from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border via Cochabamba and Sacaba to Villa Tunari and on via Santa Cruz to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border. Two kilometers east of Villa Tunari, before the river bridge over the Río Espirítu Santo , a dirt road branches off to the north from Route 4 and reaches Eterazama after 27 kilometers.

population

The population of the village has increased by around half in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 1 913 census
2001 2 001 census
2012 3 359 census

Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Villa Tunari 83.5 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.

Individual evidence

  1. 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gob.bo
  2. INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gob.bo
  3. 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. INE social data Cochabamba 2001 ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2010 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. (PDF; 8.0 MB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gob.bo

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