La Palizada
| La Palizada | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 878 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1568 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-1301-0600-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 4 ′ S , 64 ° 26 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Manuel María Caballero Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Comarapa |
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La Palizada is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
La Palizada is the neighboring town of the country town of San Isidro and is located in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Comarapa in the province of Manuel María Caballero . The village is located at an altitude of 1568 m on the left bank of the Río San Isidro , which flows from Comarapa below La Palizada into the Río Mizque .
geography
La Palizada is located on the southeastern edge of the Cordillera Oriental , which forms the transition from the Bolivian lowlands to the high mountain ranges of the Andes. The climate is mild-temperate and a typical daytime climate , in which the temperature differences between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature is 20 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 17 ° C in July and just under 22 ° C in November and December. The annual precipitation of 640 mm is sufficient for agriculture and reaches monthly values between 100 and 125 mm in the summer months from December to February; however, the dry season with values well below 40 mm from April to October is relatively long.
Transport network
La Palizada is located 220 kilometers by road west of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From Santa Cruz, the paved road Ruta 9 first leads 14 kilometers in a south-westerly direction to El Carmen , where Ruta 7 branches off to the south. The Ruta 7 then leads via the cities of La Angostura and Samaipata to La Palizada and on via San Isidro and Comarapa to Cochabamba .
population
The population of the village has doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 427 | census |
| 2001 | 382 | census |
| 2012 | 878 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the Comarapa municipality 47.4 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 Vallegrande region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.75 MB)
- Municipio Comarapa - General Maps No. 71301
- Municipio Comarapa - detailed map and population data (PDF 1.18 MB) ( Spanish )
- Santa Cruz Department - Social data (PDF 5.12 MB) ( Spanish )