Loma Blanca (Santa Cruz)
| Loma Blanca | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 432 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 524 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0703-0501-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 22 ′ S , 63 ° 12 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Cordillera Province | ||
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 Climate diagram Cabezas |
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Loma Blanca (also San Juan de Loma Blanca or Lomas Blancas ) is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Loma Blanca is a place in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Cabezas in the province of Cordillera . The village is at an altitude of 524 m between the railway line and the main road that connect Santa Cruz de la Sierra with Yacuiba on the Bolivian border with Argentina .
geography
Loma Blanca is located on the southeastern edge of the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental in the area of the subtropical climate and is characterized by a six-month dry season that extends from May to October.
The average temperature of the region is around 24 ° C (see Cabeza's climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate between 20 ° C in June and July and 27 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is 800 mm, the wettest months are January and February with 130 mm and the driest months July and August with less than 20 mm in the long-term average.
Transport network
Loma Blanca is located 73 kilometers by road south of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Santa Cruz, the paved highway Ruta 9 leads south via Loma Blanca and Vaca Guzman to Mora , crosses the Río Seco Florida , and then leads via Cabezas , Abapó , Ipitá and Villamontes to Yacuiba on the Bolivian border with Argentina .
population
The population of the village has almost tripled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 153 | census |
| 2001 | 297 | census |
| 2012 | 432 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region still has a certain proportion of indigenous population: In the municipality of Cabezas, 9.0 percent of the population speak the Quechua language and 6.8 percent speak the Guaraní 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 Cabezas - General Maps No. 70703
- Municipio Cabezas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.32 MB) ( Spanish )
- Santa Cruz Department - Social data (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )