Peji
| Peji | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 371 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 480 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0104-0100-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 58 ′ S , 63 ° 13 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Andrés Ibáñez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Santa Cruz |
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Peji (also Peji Villa Arrien ) is a town in the Santa Cruz department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Peji is a central place in the canton of Peji in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) La Guardia in the province of Andrés Ibáñez . The municipality is located at an altitude of 480 m in the wide alluvial plain, which has been created by the Río Piraí (25 km) in the west and the Río Grande (35 km) in the east. The closest village is Pedro Lorenzo at a distance of four kilometers west of Peji. To the east at a distance of about six kilometers is the Lomas de Arena dune area, a shifting dune and lake area designated by the IUCN as a landscape protection area.
geography
Peji lies 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
Peji is located 28 kilometers by road 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 past Pedro Lorenzo to Peji 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 was subject to certain fluctuations in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 378 | census |
| 2001 | 547 | census |
| 2012 | 371 | 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 )