Los Negros
| Los Negros | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 3572 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 120 | ||
| height | 1684 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0902-0102-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 3 ′ S , 64 ° 7 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Florida Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Pampa Grande |
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Los Negros is a country town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Los Negros is the most populous city in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Pampa Grande in the province of Florida . The city lies at an altitude of 1684 m in a fertile basin formed by the Río Santa Rosa and the Quebrada Seca , which merge at Los Negros to form the Rio Los Negros . Neighboring places are El Pacay , La Junta and Barrio Nuevo .
geography
Los Negros lies in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands. The region's climate is semi-arid, warm and balanced, but because of the altitude it is less hot and humid than in the nearby lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is 24.5 ° C (see climate diagram Pampa Grande) and fluctuates only insignificantly between 21 ° C in July and 26 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is about 650 mm, with a clearly pronounced dry season from May to October with monthly precipitation below 20 mm, and a short humidity period from December to February with 100 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Los Negros is located at a distance of 171 kilometers by road southwest of the capital Santa Cruz between the cities of Mairana and Pampa Grande .
By Los Negros, the 488 km long leads highway Ruta 7 , which connects the two cities of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba connects. The paved Ruta 7 leads from Santa Cruz via La Guardia and La Angostura to Samaipata and then on via Mairana to Los Negros . To the west of Los Negros the road continues via Mataral , Comarapa and Epizana to Sacaba and Cochabamba.
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 684 | census |
| 2001 | 2 621 | census |
| 2012 | 3,572 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Pampa Grande 26.3 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 file; 5.00 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Vallegrande region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.75 MB)
- Municipio Pampa Grande - General Maps No. 70902
- Municipio Pampa Grande - detailed map and population data (PDF; 827 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )