Masicurí
| Masicurí | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 213 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 715 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0801-0110-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 50 ′ S , 63 ° 47 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Vallegrande Province | ||
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 Masicurí climate diagram |
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Masicurí is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Masicurí is the central place of the canton of the same name Masicurí in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Vallegrande in the province of Vallegrande . The village is located at an altitude of 2041 m on the Río Masicurí , which is a continuation of the Río Vilcas and flows into the Río Grande just before it reaches the lowlands. The ridges east of Masicurí reach heights of more than 1,800 m.
geography
Masicurí is located in the eastern Andes on the southern edge of the Cordillera Oriental at the transition to the Bolivian lowlands. The climate of the valley region is subtropical and semi-humid .
The annual average temperature of the village is almost 25 ° C, the monthly averages fluctuate between 21 ° C in June / July and almost 27 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is almost 800 mm, in the dry season from May to September there is a long-term average of no more than 30 mm per month, while values well over 100 mm are reached in the four-month wet season from December to March.
Transport network
Masicurí is 323 kilometers by road southwest of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Santa Cruz, the paved highway Ruta 7 leads west to Cochabamba and after 187 kilometers via Samaipata and La Angostura reaches the small town of Mataral . From there the route 22 branches off in a southerly direction and leads via Vallegrande to Masicurí and on to Ipitá .
population
The population of the village has decreased by around a quarter in the two decades between the published censuses :
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 292 | census |
| 2001 | 257 | census |
| 2012 | 213 | 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 Vallegrande region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.75 MB)
- Municipio Vallegrande - General Maps No. 70801
- Municipio Vallegrande - detailed map and population data (PDF 1.51 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF 5.12 MB) ( Spanish )