Puerto Pailas
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.jpg) Bridge over the Río Grande near Puerto Pailas |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2800 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 152 | ||
| height | 297 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0102-0105-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 40 ′ S , 62 ° 47 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Andrés Ibáñez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Pailón |
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Puerto Pailas is a country town in the Santa Cruz department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Puerto Pailas is the central place of the canton of Puerto Pailas in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Cotoca in the province of Andrés Ibáñez . The city is located at an altitude of 297 m on the right bank of the Río Grande , one of the longest rivers in the Bolivian lowlands, which at this point is 1200 m wide and spanned by a railway bridge and the Puente Pailas road bridge.
geography
Puerto Pailas is located in the Bolivian lowlands between the alluvial plains of the Río Piraí and the Río Grande and the Chiquitos hills to the east. The climate is semi-humid, the temperatures fluctuate only insignificantly during the day and during the year.
The annual average temperature is 24 to 25 ° C, with monthly average temperatures between almost 27 ° C in December and January and below 21 ° C in June and July (see climate diagram Pailón). The annual precipitation is around 950 mm, the dry season from July to September contrasts with a pronounced humidity period from November to February, in which the monthly values reach up to 140 mm.
Transport network
Puerto Pailas is located at a distance of 47 kilometers by road southwest of the department capital Santa Cruz between the cities of Cotoca and Pailón .
From Santa Cruz, the paved road Ruta 4 / Ruta 9 leads east via Cotoca to Puerto Pailas , crosses the Río Grande and splits 14 kilometers later in Pailón. From here the Ruta 4 leads 587 kilometers to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border, the Ruta 9 leads 1175 kilometers north to Guayaramerin .
population
The population of the village has almost doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 1 621 | census |
| 2001 | 2 301 | census |
| 2012 | 2,800 | census |
Due to the historically increased population immigration , the region has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Cotoca 17.8 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
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.
- ↑ INE social data Santa Cruz 2001 (PDF; 5.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Cotoca region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 6.55 MB)
- Municipio Cotoca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 538 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Pailón - General Maps No. 70102
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )