Perotó
| Perotó | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 331 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 165 m | ||
| Post Code | 08-0602-0201-7001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 14 ° 59 ′ S , 64 ° 38 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Marbán Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Trinidad |
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Perotó is a town in the Beni department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Perotó is the central place of the canton Perotó in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Andrés in the province of Marbán . The village is located at an altitude of 165 m on a left tributary of the Río Mariquipiri , which flows into the Río Mamoré north of Trinidad near San Javier .
geography
Perotó is located in the Bolivian lowlands in the Moxos plain , with over 100,000 km² one of the largest wetlands on earth. The predominant form of vegetation in the San Andrés region is the tropical savannah .
The annual average temperature is 26 ° C (see climate diagram Trinidad), with the monthly average temperatures between June / July at a good 23 ° C and October / December of just under 28 ° C only slightly different. The annual precipitation is almost 2000 mm and is therefore more than twice as high as the precipitation in Central Europe. Maximum values of around 300 mm in the months of December to February contrast with low values of around 50 mm in July / August.
Transport network
Perotó is 38 kilometers south-east of Trinidad , the capital of the department.
From Perotó , a dirt road leads four kilometers north to the neighboring town of Somopae and from there another kilometer to the Ruta 9 trunk road . The Ruta 9 crosses the entire Bolivian lowland in a north-south direction, from Guayaramerin in the northeast of the country to Trinidad and past Somopae to the lowland metropolis of Santa Cruz and on to Yacuiba on the Argentine border.
population
The population of the village has changed only insignificantly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 299 | census |
| 2001 | 281 | census |
| 2012 | 331 | census |
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 Trinidad region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 8.9 MB)
- Relief map of the Trinidad region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.9 MB)
- Municipio San Andrés - General Maps No. 80602
- Municipio San Andrés - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.21 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Beni - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.82 MB) ( Spanish )