La Victoria (Tarija)
| La Victoria | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 632 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2026 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0501-1300-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 30 ′ S , 64 ° 47 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Province of Eustaquio Méndez | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tarija |
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La Victoria is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
La Victoria is the largest town in the canton of La Victoria in the municipality of San Lorenzo in the province of Eustaquio Méndez . La Victoria is located at an altitude of 2026 m on the left, northern bank of the Río Victoria , which flows three kilometers downstream into the Río Nuevo Guadalquivir .
geography
La Victoria is located on the southeastern edge of the plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano on the transition to the lowlands. Due to the inland location, the climate is dry for more than half of the year, but much less harsh than the plateau and has a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature of the region is 19 ° C (see climate diagram Tarija) and fluctuates only slightly between 15 ° C in June / July and 22 ° C from December to February. The annual precipitation is about 550 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 30 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with over 100 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the village has increased rapidly over the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no data | census |
| 2001 | 187 | census |
| 2012 | 632 | census |
Transport network
La Victoria is eight kilometers by road west of Tarija , the capital of the department of the same name.
The asphalted highway Ruta 1 leads through Tarija, which crosses the entire Bolivian highlands in a south-north direction from Bermejo in the south on the Argentine border to the Peruvian border at Desaguadero and, besides Tarija, also passes the metropolises Potosí , Oruro and El Alto . The Ruta 1 crosses the Río Guadalquivir five kilometers northwest of the center of Tarija , and immediately beyond the bridge a dirt road branches off in a westerly direction and after three kilometers reaches La Victoria .
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
Web links
- Relief map 6629-III of the Tolomosa region1: 50,000 (PDF; 1.98 MB)
- Relief map of the Tarija region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.07 MB)
- Municipio Villa San Lorenzo - General Maps No. 60501
- Municipio Villa San Lorenzo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 514 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )