Ixiamas
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 Aerial view of Ixiamas |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 3968 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 111 | ||
| height | 261 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1501-0102-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 13 ° 46 ′ S , 68 ° 8 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Abel Iturralde Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Rurrenabaque |
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Ixiamas is a country town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Ixiamas is the administrative seat of the province of Abel Iturralde and the central place of the Municipio Ixiamas on the left bank of the Río Enapurera, a left tributary of the Río Beni . The village is located at an altitude of 260 m in the northern Bolivian lowlands on the north-eastern edge of the Madidi National Park . The lake Laguna Santa Rosa is five kilometers northwest of the village .
geography
Ixiamas is on the western edge of the Moxos Plain , with over 100,000 km² one of the largest wetlands on earth; the predominant form of vegetation in the Moxos plain is the tropical savannah . The climate in the Ixiamas region is tropical and hot and humid all year round, but it can also get relatively cool in winter due to the Surazo (cold wind from the south).
The annual precipitation is around 2,000 mm (see climate diagram Rurrenabaque), with monthly precipitation of around 300 mm in January and February, and less than 100 mm in the months of August and September. The monthly average temperatures are between 23 ° C and 28 ° C all year round.
Transport network
Ixiamas is located 537 kilometers by road north of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz the national road Ruta 3 leads 320 kilometers in a north-easterly direction to Yucumo , from there the Ruta 8 over 99 kilometers in a north-westerly direction to the neighboring towns of Rurrenabaque and San Buenaventura and then the Ruta 16 over 115 kilometers further north-west to Ixiamas . After its completion, the continuation of this trunk road should continue to Cobija in the northwest corner of Bolivian territory, but is currently still in the planning stage.
Ixiamas has a 1,500 meter long airstrip on the western edge of the village, the streets of the village are largely unpaved.
population
The population of the village has increased threefold in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 1 256 | census |
| 2001 | 1 733 | census |
| 2012 | 3,968 | 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 3, 2015 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
- Plan Municipal de Ordenamiento Territorial Iximas Land use plan Ixiamas 2009 (PDF; 14.4 MB) ( Spanish )
- Ixiamas region - topographic map 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.19 MB)
- Region Ixiamas - Relief map 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.99 MB)
- Municipio Ixiamas - General Maps No. 21501
- Municipio Ixiamas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 3.17 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )