Pedro Lorenzo
| Pedro Lorenzo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2041 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 189 | ||
| height | 535 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0104-0400-1002 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 57 ′ S , 63 ° 15 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Andrés Ibáñez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Santa Cruz |
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Pedro Lorenzo is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Pedro Lorenzo is a central place in the canton of Pedro Lorenzo in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) La Guardia in the province of Andrés Ibáñez . The municipality lies at an altitude of 535 m in the wide alluvial plain created by the Río Piraí (25 km) in the west and the Río Grande (35 km) in the east. To the east at a distance of about ten kilometers is the Lomas de Arena dune area, a shifting dune and lake area designated by the IUCN as a landscape protection area.
geography
Pedro Lorenzo is located 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
Pedro Lorenzo is located 24 kilometers south of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Santa Cruz, the paved road Ruta 9 leads south via the towns of Kilómetro Doce and El Carmen to Pedro Lorenzo and further south via Basilio , Mora , Cabezas , Abapó , Ipitá and Villamontes to Yacuiba on the Bolivian border with Argentina .
population
The population of the place has increased many times over in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 294 | census |
| 2001 | 1 139 | census |
| 2012 | 2 041 | 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 )