Fernández Alonso
| Fernández Alonso | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Full name | Puesto Fernández Alonso | ||
| Residents (state) | 5273 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 88 | ||
| height | 243 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-1004-0101-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 1 ′ S , 63 ° 14 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Obispo Santistevan Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram San Pedro |
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Fernández Alonso is a small town in the Santa Cruz Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Fernández Alonso is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Fernández Alonso and is located in the province of Obispo Santistevan at an altitude of 243 m in the wetland between the Río Piraí and Río Grande . The Municipio Fernández Alonso with about 13,000 inhabitants is a colonization area and is used intensively for agriculture.
geography
Fernández Alonso is located in the tropical, humid climate off the eastern edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental . The region has only been opened up in the last few decades and was covered by subtropical rainforest before colonization , but is now mostly cultivated land .
The mean average temperature of the region is almost 25 ° C (see climate diagram San Pedro), the monthly values fluctuate between 21 ° C in June / July and 26 to 27 ° C from October to March. The annual precipitation is almost 1500 mm, the monthly precipitation is abundant and lies between 50 mm in July and 250 mm in January.
Transport network
Fernández Alonso is located 109 kilometers by road north of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From the center of Santa Cruz, the paved road Ruta 4 leads 57 kilometers north to Montero , from there a regional highway leads north-east over 52 kilometers via General Saavedra and Mineros to Fernández Alonso and on to San Pedro and Hardeman .
population
The population of the village has almost doubled in the past two decades, but has stagnated for several years:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3 196 | census |
| 2001 | 5 456 | census |
| 2010 | 5 273 | census |
Due to the immigration of indigenous people from the Altiplano , which has been promoted by politics since the 1960s , the region has a not inconsiderable proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Fernández Alonso 52.0% 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 September 25, 2013 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 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 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 Santa Cruz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.88 MB)
- Municipio Mineros - General Maps No. 71003
- Municipio Mineros - detailed map and population data (PDF; 710 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.12 MB) ( Spanish )