Portillo (Tarija)

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Portillo
Basic data
Residents (state) 2197 pop. (2012 census)
height 1863  m
Post Code 06-0101-0170-1
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 21 ° 34 ′  S , 64 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 34 ′  S , 64 ° 40 ′  W
Portillo (Bolivia)
Portillo
Portillo
politics
Department Tarija
province Province of Cercado
climate
Climate diagram Tarija
Climate diagram Tarija

Portillo is a country city in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Portillo is the second largest town in the canton of Tarija in the municipality of Tarija in the province of Cercado . The village is located between the Quebrada Portillo and the Quebrada Torrecilla, both of which flow in a southerly direction and flow into the Río Nuevo Guadalquivir about three kilometers south of Portillo .

geography

Portillo is conveniently located between the different climatic zones of the country on the edge of the Andes , so that mostly mild and pleasant weather prevails (see climate diagram Tarija). In the rainy season between December and February (summer months) there are frequent torrential thunderstorms. The rest of the year is extremely low in precipitation.

The landscape has been eroded by the centuries of clearing and the region around Tarija is framed by bare mountain ranges. The area around Tarija used to be Bolivia's grain chamber. Today, in addition to agriculture, the region is rich in natural gas .

population

The population of the village has increased significantly in the past decade due to the attraction of the city of Tarija:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 706 census
2012 2,197 census

structure

In the 2012 census, Portillo was divided into the following individual districts:

  • 06-0101-0170-1001 Zona Centro El Portillo with 773 inhabitants
  • 06-0101-0170-1002 Zona Baizal with 357 inhabitants
  • 06-0101-0170-1004 Zona Abajo with 152 inhabitants
  • 06-0101-0170-1005 Urbanización Portillo Jardin with 740 inhabitants

Transport network

Portillo is nine kilometers by road southeast of Tarija , the capital of the department.

The highway Ruta 1 runs through Tarija in a south-north direction, which leads from Bermejo on the border with Argentina via Tarija, Potosí , Oruro and El Alto to Lake Titicaca and the border with Peru .

Eight kilometers southeast of the city center of Tarija, the highway Ruta 11 branches off in an easterly direction from Route 1, and the village of Portillo extends north and south of Route 11 immediately after the junction.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012

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