Huacaraje
| Huacaraje | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2053 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 194 | ||
| height | 151 m | ||
| Post Code | 08-0803-0100-100 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 13 ° 36 ′ S , 63 ° 53 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Iténez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Magdalena |
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Huacaraje (also: Guacaraje ) is a country town in the Beni department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Huacaraje is the central place of the district of the same name ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Huacaraje in the province of Iténez and is located at an altitude of 148 m on the right bank of the Río Lopez , which belongs to the river system of the Río Iténez and flows seventeen kilometers downstream into the Río Itonomas . Huacaraje is 50 kilometers southeast of the provincial capital Magdalena and 200 kilometers as the crow flies northeast of Trinidad , the capital of the department.
geography
The climate in the Huacaraje area is characterized by a balanced temperature curve typical of the tropics with only minor fluctuations and an annual average temperature of almost 27 ° C (see Magdalena climate diagram). The annual precipitation is more than 1,400 mm, with a significant wet season from November to March, and a dry season in the months June to August.
Transport network
Huacaraje is 341 kilometers by road northeast of Trinidad , the capital of the department.
From Trinidad, the Ruta 9 road runs for 211 kilometers in a northerly direction via Puente San Pablo to San Ramón . Here a dirt road branches off to the east, which reaches the city of Magdalena after 82 kilometers and after another 48 kilometers in a south-easterly direction to Huacaraje .
population
The population of the village has changed only insignificantly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 817 | census |
| 2001 | 2,342 | census |
| 2012 | 2,053 | census |
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 dated February 21, 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.
- ↑ 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.
Web links
- El Cusi region - topographic map 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.79 MB)
- Municipio Huacaraje - General Maps No. 80803
- Municipio Huacaraje - detailed map and population data (PDF; 626 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Beni - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.82 MB) ( Spanish )