La Enconada
| La Enconada | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 996 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 259 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0404-0100-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 3 ′ S , 63 ° 54 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Ichilo Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Santa Fe de Yapacaní |
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La Enconada is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
La Enconada is the second largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of San Juan de Yapacaní in the Ichilo province . The village is located at an altitude of 259 m on a tributary to the Río Yapacaní in front of the Bolivian Voranden chains in the wetland between the Río Yapacaní and the Río Piraí .
geography
La Enconada lies to the east of the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental on the edge of the Bolivian lowlands.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 24 ° C (see climate diagram Santa Fe de Yapacaní) and fluctuates only marginally between almost 21 ° C in June and July and a good 26 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is about 1800 mm, with monthly precipitation between 60 mm in July and average maximum values of 200 to 300 mm in the summer months from December to February.
Transport network
To the southeast of La Enconada, at a distance of 169 kilometers by road, is Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From La Enconada a country road leads in a southerly direction via San Juan de Yapacaní for 49 kilometers to Santa Fe de Yapacaní , which is on the 1,657 kilometer long highway Ruta 4 , which runs from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border in a west-east direction Crosses country and leads to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border. From Santa Fe de Yapacaní it is 15 kilometers east to Buena Vista , another 48 kilometers to Guabirá near Montero , and another 57 kilometers south to Santa Cruz.
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 395 | census |
| 2001 | 718 | census |
| 2012 | 996 | census |
Due to immigration from the Altiplano in the second half of the 20th century, the region has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of San Carlos 23.8 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ 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 Santa Cruz 2001 (PDF; 5.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Santa Cruz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.88 MB)
- Municipio San Juan - General Maps No. 70404
- Municipio San Juan - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.23 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )