Mataral
| Mataral | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 821 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1387 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0902-0200-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 7 ′ S , 64 ° 13 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Florida Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Pampa Grande |
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Mataral is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Mataral is the central place of the canton of Mataral in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Pampa Grande in the province of Florida . The village is located in the eastern Andean Mountains at an altitude of 1387 m in the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental on the Río El Salto between the mouths of the tributaries Río San Juan and Río La Cienega . The Río El Salto flows into the Río Los Negros at the village of Pampa Grande , which later flows into the Río Yapacaní . The ridges around the village rise to heights of 2,200 m.
geography
Mataral lies in the transition area between the Andean 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
Mataral is 189 kilometers by road southwest of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
By Mataral 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 , Los Negros and Pampa Grande to Mataral . To the west the road continues via Comarapa and Epizana to Sacaba and Cochabamba; to the south the route 22 branches off in Mataral, which leads via Trigal and Vallegrande to Masicurí and Ipitá .
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 379 | census |
| 2001 | 663 | census |
| 2012 | 821 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region still has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Pampa Grande 11.7 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; 5.2 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; 826 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )