Pampa Grande

Pampa Grande
	; Arrival of a wedding party in the plaza
Basic data
Residents (state)	770 pop. (2012 census)
height	1291 m
Post Code	07-0902-0103-1001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	18 ° 5 ′ S , 64 ° 7 ′ W Coordinates: 18 ° 5 ′ S , 64 ° 7 ′ W
	Pampa Grande
	Pampa Grande
politics
Department	Santa Cruz
province	Florida Province
climate
	; Climate diagram Pampa Grande

Pampa Grande (or: " Pampagrande ") ( Quechua : " Hatun Pampa ") is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Pampa Grande is the central place of the district of the same name ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Pampa Grande in the province of Florida . The village is located in the eastern Andean Mountains at an altitude of 1291 m in the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental on the upper reaches of the Río Los Negros , which later flows into the Río Yapacaní .

geography

Pampa Grande lies in the transition area between the Andes 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

Pampa Grande is located at a distance of 176 kilometers by road southwest of the department capital Santa Cruz between the cities of Los Negros and Mataral .

By Pampagrande 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 and Los Negros to Pampa Grande . To the west the road continues via Mataral, Comarapa and Epizana to Sacaba and Cochabamba.

population

The population of the place has increased by more than a third in the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	558	census
2001	766	census
2012	770	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.