Las Petas
| Las Petas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 734 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 142 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-1201-0103-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 23 ′ S , 59 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Ángel Sandoval Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram San Matías |
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Las Petas is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Las Petas is the central place of the canton of San Petas in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of San Matías in the province of Ángel Sandoval . The village lies at an altitude of 142 m eight kilometers south of the Bolivian border with Brazil .
geography
Las Petas is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian lowlands in the wetland of the South American Pantanal and has a tropical climate with a balanced temperature profile.
The mean average temperature of the region is 27 ° C (see climate diagram San Matías), the monthly mean temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 24 ° C in June / July and 29 ° C in November / December. Annual precipitation is around 1250 mm, with the months June to September being arid with monthly precipitation of less than 50 mm , while the months December to February each have values of around 200 mm.
Transport network
Las Petas is located at a distance of 616 kilometers by road northeast of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From Santa Cruz, the asphalted highway Ruta 4 leads 57 kilometers northwards via Warnes to Montero . A few kilometers north of Montero, it meets Ruta 10 , which leads over a distance of 648 kilometers to the east and crosses the towns of San Ramón , San Javier and Santa Rosa de Roca as an asphalt road. The road is unpaved for the remaining 370 kilometers via San Ignacio de Velasco and San Vicente de la Frontera to the border town of San Matías . Las Petas is 100 kilometers after San Vicente and 91 kilometers before San Matías.
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 340 | census |
| 2001 | 563 | census |
| 2012 | 734 | census |
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.
Web links
- Relief map of the Las Petas region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.67 MB)
- Municipio San Matías - General Maps No. 71201
- Municipio San Matías - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.21 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )