La Grampa
| La Grampa | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 556 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 635 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0301-0100-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 56 ′ S , 63 ° 38 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Gran Chaco Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Yacuiba |
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La Grampa is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
La Grampa is the eighth largest town in the Yacuiba canton in the Municipio Yacuiba district in the Gran Chaco province . La Grampa is located at an altitude of 635 m, seven kilometers north of the Bolivian- Argentine border. Six kilometers west of the village, the mountain range of Serranía Aguaragüe runs in a north-south direction , which here reaches heights of more than 1200 m. From there the Río La Quinta flows in an easterly direction, runs between the villages of La Grampa and Independencia La Grampa and then in a northerly direction via Campo Pajoso to Palmar Chico , where it takes the name Río del Palmar .
geography
La Grampa is located on the southeastern edge of the Bolivian Andes chain in the lowlands of the subtropical Gran Chaco , which stretches across northwest Paraguay , northeast Argentina and southeast Bolivia.
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.
Transport network
La Grampa is located at a distance of 331 kilometers by road southeast of Tarija , the capital of the department, and five kilometers north of the border town of Yacuiba .
From Tarija, the Ruta 11 trunk road leads east over the cities of Entre Ríos and Palos Blancos for 250 kilometers to Villamontes . There it meets the north-south running Ruta 9 , which leads south via Sachapera to La Grampa and on via Yacuiba to the Argentine border.
population
The population of the place has increased slightly in the past decade, from a total of 1048 inhabitants to 1198 inhabitants, namely 556 inhabitants in La Grampa and 642 inhabitants in Independencia La Grampa :
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 1 048 both districts | census |
| 2012 | 556 only La Grampa | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Yacuiba 17.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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 Tarija 2001 (PDF file; 3.05 MB)
Web links
- Relief map 6828-II of the El Palmar region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 1.56 MB)
- Relief map of the Villamontes region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.68 MB)
- Municipio Yacuiba - General Maps No. 60301
- Municipio Yacuiba - detailed map and population data (PDF; 407 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the provinces and municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )