Peña Amarilla (Beni)
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 Main street of the place |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 359 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 155 m | ||
| Post Code | 08-0201-0270-9702 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 11 ° 33 ′ S , 66 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Province of Vaca Díez | ||
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 Climate diagram Riberalta |
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Peña Amarilla is a town in the Beni department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Peña Amarilla is a village in the canton of Concepción in the municipality of Riberalta in the province of Vaca Díez . The place is located at an altitude of 155 m on the right, eastern bank of the Río Beni southwest of the city of Riberalta .
geography
Peña Amarilla is located in the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin in the north of the country.
The mean average temperature of the region is 26 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 25 ° C in May and 27 to 28 ° C from December to February (see Riberalta climate diagram). The annual precipitation is about 1,300 mm, with a pronounced dry season from June to August with monthly precipitation below 20 mm, and a humidity period from December to January with monthly precipitation of more than 200 mm.
Transport network
Peña Amarilla is 868 kilometers north of Trinidad , the capital of the department, and 324 kilometers southeast of Cobija , the capital of the Pando department .
From Trinidad, the 602 km long national road Ruta 3 leads west to Yucumo and on to the metropolis of La Paz . In Yucumo, Ruta 3 meets the end of 696 kilometers long Ruta 8 , which leads north via Rurrenabaque and Reyes , reaches El Triangulo after 541 kilometers and continues from there to Riberalta and Guayaramerín on the Brazilian border.
In El Triangulo, Route 13 branches off to the west from Route 8 and crosses the Río Beni at Peña Amarilla . In the medium term, the construction of the "Beni II" bridge over the river is planned. In the further course the road crosses the Río Madre de Dios and the Río Manuripi and after 370 kilometers reaches Cobija.
population
The population of the village has increased by a seventh in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 312 | census |
| 2012 | 359 | census |
Individual evidence
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↑ The INE statistics 2012 assign Peña Amarilla with the zip code 08-0301-0105-9001 to the Municipio Reyes;
however, this assignment contradicts the INE card Provincia Vaca Diez - ↑ Construccion del Puente Beni II ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. April 15, 2013 (PDF; 138 KB; Spanish )
- ^ 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 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
- Topographic map of the Blanca Flor region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 9.5 MB)
- Municipio Riberalta - General Maps No. 80201
- Municipio Riberalta - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.12 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Beni - Social data of the provinces and municipalities (PDF; 3.82 MB) ( Spanish )