Puerto Cavinas
| Puerto Cavinas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 112 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 188 m | ||
| Post Code | 08-0301-0106-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 12 ° 32 ′ S , 66 ° 55 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Ballivián Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Rurrenabaque |
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Puerto Cavinas (also: Puerto Cavina ) is a town in the Beni department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Puerto Cavinas is the central place of the canton Cavinas in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Reyes in the province Ballivián . Puerto Cavinas is located at an altitude of 305 m on the right, eastern bank of the Río Beni , seven kilometers downstream from the mouth of the Río Madidi .
geography
Puerto Cavinas is located in the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin east of the country's mountain ranges in a year-round humid climate.
The mean average temperature of the region is 26 ° C (see climate diagram Rurrenabaque) and fluctuates only slightly between 23 ° C in June and July and a good 27 ° C from October to December. The annual precipitation is almost 2000 mm, with a pronounced rainy season from December to March with 200-300 mm monthly precipitation and the lowest monthly values just under 100 mm from July to September.
history
Puerto Cavinas was the mission station of the Franciscans who evangelized the indigenous Cavineños people living in this area .
Transport network
Puerto Cavinas is 723 kilometers west of Trinidad , the capital of the department, by road.
From Trinidad, the largely unpaved highway Ruta 3 leads 281 kilometers west to Yucumo , from there Ruta 8 northwards 124 kilometers via Rurrenabaque to Reyes . From there, Ruta 8 continues in a north-easterly direction via Santa Rosa de Yacuma , El Triunfo , Santa Teresa del Yata and Comunidad Australia to Riberalta and Guayaramerin on the Brazilian border.
Six kilometers before Comunidad Australia a dirt road branches off to the north and continues for another 76 kilometers to Puerto Cavina .
population
The population of the village has decreased drastically in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 356 | census |
| 2001 | 305 | census |
| 2012 | 112 | census |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pueblos Indígenas - Cavineño on amazonia.bo (Spanish)
- ^ 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
- Barraca Fortaleza region - Relief map 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.4 MB)
- Puerto Cavinas - topographic map 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.81 MB)
- Municipio Reyes - General Maps No. 80301
- Municipio Reyes - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.89 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Beni - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.82 MB) ( Spanish )