Olivera (Brecha 2)
| Olivera | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 357 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 388 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0104-0502-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 58 ′ S , 63 ° 5 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Andrés Ibáñez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Santa Cruz |
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Olivera is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Olivera is the second largest town in the canton of Peji in the municipality of La Guardia in the province of Andrés Ibáñez . The municipality lies at an altitude of 388 m in the wide alluvial plain created by the Río Piraí (30 km) in the west and the Río Grande (30 km) in the east. To the west at a distance of about six kilometers is the Lomas de Arena dune area, a shifting dunes and lake area designated by the IUCN as a landscape protection area.
geography
Olivera is east of the Cordillera Oriental on the edge of the Bolivian lowlands. The region has a semi- humid, humid tropical climate with low day and night fluctuations in temperatures.
The annual average temperature is 24 ° C (see climate diagram Santa Cruz), the monthly average values fluctuate between 20 ° C in June and July and 26 ° C from October to December. The annual precipitation in the region is around 1000 mm, a short dry season from July to August with monthly precipitation of only 30 to 40 mm contrasts with an extended humidity period , in which from December to February the monthly values are between 135 and 160 mm.
Transport network
Olivera is located at a distance of 26 kilometers by road southeast of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From the center of capital to drive eight kilometers to the south on Avenida Velarde and Avenida Santos Dumont and then turns south-eastwards to the Avenida Nuevo Palmar, passing at the northeast corner of the nature reserve de Lomas Arena locality Olivera reached after 26 kilometers and continue to San Lorenzo Brecha 7 .
population
The population of the place had increased rapidly in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 19th | census |
| 2012 | 357 | census |
Due to the historical immigration of agricultural populations in the 20th century, the region has a certain proportion of indigenous population: In the municipality of La Guardia, 17.1 percent of the inhabitants speak the Quechua language.
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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; 4.99 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Santa Cruz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.88 MB)
- Municipio La Guardia - General Maps No. 70104
- Municipio Cabezas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 755 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )