Montero (Santa Cruz)
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 Street in Montero |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 107,294 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 11 | ||
| height | 301 m | ||
| Post Code | 31001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) 4 | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 21 ′ S , 63 ° 15 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Obispo Santistevan Province | ||
| mayor | Luis Orellana Rojas | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Santa Cruz |
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Montero is a city in the Santa Cruz Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Montero is the capital of the Obispo Santistevan province and the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Montero . The city is located at an altitude of 301 m on the right bank of the Río Piraí , which later flows into the Río Yapacaní .
geography
Montero is located in the tropical humid climate in front of the eastern edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental . The region was covered by tropical rainforest before colonization , but is now largely cultivated land .
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 25 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 1300 mm (see climate diagram Santa Cruz). The monthly average temperatures fluctuate between 20 ° C in July and 28 ° C in December, the monthly rainfall is abundant and is between 40 mm in August and 200 mm in January.
Transport network
Montero is located 48 kilometers by road north of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
The national highways Ruta 4 and Ruta 10 run through Montero . The 1657 kilometer long Ruta 4 crosses the country in an east-west direction from the Chilean to the Brazilian border, and leads from Montero via Warnes south to the capital of the department, Santa Cruz . The Ruta 10 has a length of 774 kilometers and also runs in an east-west direction, touches the northern suburbs of Montero and runs via San Ignacio de Velasco also to the Brazilian border.
population
The city's population has increased several times over in the past few decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 28 647 | census |
| 1992 | 57 027 | census |
| 2001 | 78 294 | census |
| 2012 | 107 294 | census |
economy
The city of Montero is the center of an agricultural region that lives mainly from the cultivation of soybeans , cotton , maize and rice .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 Santa Cruz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.88 MB)
- Topographic map of the Montero region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 8.2 MB)
- Municipio Montero - General Maps No. 71001
- Municipio Montero - detailed map and population data (PDF; 555 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )