Palos Blancos (Tarija)
| Palos Blancos | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 916 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 721 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0601-0400-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 25 ′ S , 63 ° 47 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Burnet O'Connor Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Puerto Margarita |
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Palos Blancos ( Spanish for " White Post ") is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Palos Blancos is the most populous town in the Vicecantón Chimeo in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Entre Ríos in the province of Burnet O'Connor . It is located at an altitude of 721 m on the left western bank of the Río Palos Blancos , which flows north into the Río Pilcomayo . The town is bounded by ridge ridge running north-south, rising to almost 1000 meters west of the town and more than 1200 m east of Palos Blancos.
geography
Palos Blancos is located in the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental in the transition area between the Bolivian Altiplano and the sparsely populated Gran Chaco in the lowlands. The climate is subtropical and is characterized by a clear contrast between the dry season and the rainy season .
The annual total rainfall is around 900 mm (see climate diagram Puerto Margarita), the months May to September are arid with monthly rainfall of less than 25 mm, the summer months from December to March have monthly values between 150 and 180 mm. The average annual temperature for the region is 23 ° C, the monthly temperatures vary between 17 ° C in June and 27 ° C in December.
population
The population of the place has increased by about a third in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 685 | census |
| 2013 | 916 | census |
The region around the municipality of Entre Ríos is still one of the core areas of the Guaraní people, who have inhabited the Paraná basin for thousands of years .
Transport network
Palos Blancos is 181 kilometers by road and a five-hour drive east of Tarija , the capital of the department.
Tarija is on the Ruta 1 highway , which crosses the Bolivian highlands from north to south and runs from Desaguadero on the Peruvian border via the metropolises of El Alto , Oruro and Potosí to Bermejo on the Argentine border. Eight kilometers southeast of Tarija, the Route 11 branches off to the east, which leads via Junacas Sur and Entre Ríos to Palos Blancos and on via Villamontes and Ibibobo to Cañada Oruro on the border with Paraguay . In Villamontes, Ruta 11 crosses the highway Ruta 9 , which connects the Bolivian lowlands of Guayaramerín in the north via Santa Cruz with the border town of Yacuiba in the south.
The Ruta 11 near Palos Blancos is also the end point of the trunk road Ruta 29 , which leads from here in a southerly direction up the Río Palos Blancos and past the village of Caraparí to Campo Pajoso on the Ruta 9 , which is only a few kilometers from the town of Yacuiba away. Caraparí, in turn, is the end point of Ruta 33 , which continues south to Bermejo on the border with Argentina .
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.
Web links
- Relief map of the Villamontes region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.68 MB)
- Municipio Entre Ríos - General Maps No. 60601
- Municipio Entre Ríos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 934 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )