Puerto Carmen
| Puerto Carmen | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 373 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 318 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1104-0110-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 8 ′ S , 67 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | South Yungas Province | ||
| climate | |||
_Klimadiagramm.png) Climate diagram Palos Blancos |
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Puerto Carmen (also: Puerto Pando Carmen and Puente Pando ) is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Puerto Carmen is a village in the municipality of Palos Blancos in the Sud Yungas province and is located at an altitude of 318 m on the Río Kaka just before its confluence with the Río Beni .
geography
Puerto Carmen is located in the Bolivian Yungas east of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Real .
The mean average temperature of the region is around 28 ° C, the annual precipitation is almost 1600 mm (see climate diagram Palos Blancos). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only marginally over the course of the year between 25 ° C in June / July and 29 ° C in November / December. The monthly precipitation is below 100 mm from May to September and reaches values of more than 200 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Puerto Carmen is located 165 kilometers as the crow flies northeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
Puerto Carmen is almost impossible to reach by land, the connection between the village and the rest of the country is done by water via the Río Mapiri (which is also known as the Río Kaka in its lower reaches ) and the Río Beni.
population
The population of the village has almost doubled over the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 193 | census |
| 2012 | 373 | 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
- Relief map of the Sorata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 12.81 MB)
- Municipio Palos Blancos - General Maps No. 21104
- Municipio Palos Blancos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.35 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )