Ivirgarzama

Ivirgarzama
Basic data
Residents (state)	8255 pop. (2012 census)
rank	Rank 61
height	218 m
Post Code	03-1205-0200-1001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	17 ° 2 ′ S , 64 ° 51 ′ W Coordinates: 17 ° 2 ′ S , 64 ° 51 ′ W
	Ivirgarzama
	Ivirgarzama
politics
Department	Cochabamba
province	Carrasco Province
climate
	; Climate diagram Villa Tunari

Ivirgarzama is a small town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Ivirgarzama is the most populous city in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of Puerto Villarroel in the province of Carrasco . The city is located at an altitude of 218 m on the left bank of the Río Ivirgarzama , which flows north to the Río Ichilo .

geography

Ivirgarzama is located in the Bolivian lowlands on the northeastern foothills of the Cordillera Oriental .

The region has an average annual temperature of 24 ° C (see climate diagram Villa Tunari), the monthly averages are between about 26 ° C from October to December and 20 ° C in June and July. The average annual precipitation is more than 1000 mm, the wet season extends from November to February, the months of July and August are rather dry with less than 50 mm.

Transport network

Ivirgarzama is located at a distance of 224 kilometers by road northeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.

The 1,657-kilometer Ruta 4 highway runs through Cochabamba and runs from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border in the east across the country to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border . From Cochabamba you can reach Ivirgarzama via Villa Tunari and Chimoré , the highway then continues to Warnes and Santa Cruz . In Ivirgarzama, the only 27 km long paved highway Ruta 15 branches off in a north-easterly direction to Puerto Villarroel .

The Bolivian government is pursuing plans for a 102 km long railway line between the production sites Ivirgarzama and Yapacaní in the neighboring department of Santa Cruz , to connect the Ivirgarzama region with the metropolis of Santa Cruz and beyond with northern Argentina , Paraguay and Uruguay .

population

The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	3 250	census
2001	6 366	census
2012	8 255	census

Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Puerto Villarroel 83.5 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.