Itaú (Tarija)
| Itaú | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 319 pop (2012) | ||
| height | 990 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0302-0200-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 42 ′ S , 63 ° 53 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Gran Chaco Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Yacuiba |
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Itaú is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Itaú is a central place in the canton of Itaú in the municipality of Caraparí in the southwestern part of the Gran Chaco province . The village is located at an altitude of 990 m at the mouth of the Río El Sauce in the Río Itaú , which becomes the Río Grande de Tarija downstream . The place lies between the north-south running Voranden chains of the Serranía Suaruro and the Serranía Aguaragüe .
geography
Itaú lies between the Bolivian Andes chains in the west and the lowlands of the subtropical Gran Chaco in the east. The climate is subtropical with hot humid summers and moderately warm and dry winters.
The annual average temperature is almost 22 ° C, the average monthly values fluctuate between 15 ° C in June / July and 26 ° C in January (see Yacuiba climate diagram). Annual precipitation is just under 1100 mm, with a four-month dry season from June to September with monthly precipitation below 15 mm and a humidity period from December to March with 160–200 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the village has increased slightly in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 282 | census |
| 2012 | 319 | census |
Transport network
Itaú lies at a distance of 220 kilometers by road east of Tarija , the capital of the department.
From Itaú, a dirt road leads 23 kilometers northwards via Zapatera Norte to the Ruta 29 trunk road , which, coming from the south, leads from Caraparí via Acheral to Palos Blancos and meets Ruta 11 there. This leads 173 kilometers to the west and meets the Ruta 1 eight kilometers before Tarija , which from there crosses the entire Altiplano to the north and finally reaches Desaguadero on the Peruvian border via the large cities of Potosí , Oruro and El Alto .
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 November 13, 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
Web links
- Relief map 6828-IV of the Itau region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 1.48 MB)
- Relief map of the Villamontes region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.68 MB)
- Municipio Caraparí - detailed map and population data (PDF; 671 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Caraparí - General Maps No. 60302 ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )