Monteagudo (Bolivia)

Monteagudo
	; Monteagudo panorama
Basic data
Residents (state)	9135 pop. (2012 census)
rank	Rank 56
height	1144 m
Post Code	01-0501-0101-7001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	19 ° 48 ′ S , 63 ° 57 ′ W Coordinates: 19 ° 48 ′ S , 63 ° 57 ′ W
	Monteagudo
	Monteagudo
politics
Department	Chuquisaca
province	Hernando Siles Province
climate
	; Climate diagram Monteagudo

Church in Monteagudo

Central square in Monteagudo

Monteagudo is a small town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The city is named after Bernardo de Monteagudo Cáceres (1789-1825), who was instrumental in the Chuquisaca revolution of May 25, 1809.

location

Monteagudo is the seat of the administration of the province of Hernando Siles and a central place in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Monteagudo . The city is located at an altitude of 1144 m at the mouth of the Río Sauces in the Río Bañado and is framed by north-south running mountain ranges with lush vegetation.

climate

The small town is located in the humid, sub-Andean Chaco of Bolivia. In the months of July to September there is a pronounced dry season in the Monteagudo area , while the months of December and January are characterized by sometimes heavy rains.

Transport network

Monteagudo is located at a distance of 317 kilometers by road southeast of Sucre , the capital of the department.

From Sucre, the Ruta 6 trunk road leads south-east via Tarabuco , Zudáñez , Tomina and Padilla to Monteagudo and on via Lagunillas and Boyuibe to the border with Paraguay . Since less than a third of the route between Sucre and Monteagudo is paved, the bus ride takes about 8 hours in dry weather, while the road conditions on the dirt and gravel roads are difficult to predict in wet weather.

To the northeast, Monteagudo is connected to Santa Cruz , the capital of the neighboring department of Santa Cruz . The unpaved Ruta 6 leads first in an easterly direction to Ipatí , 104 kilometers away , from there the asphalted Ruta 9 leads for another 255 kilometers north to Santa Cruz .

The Monteagudo Airport has been served by commercial flights since November 2017 and is connected to Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and La Paz.