Puerto Patiño
| Puerto Patiño | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 149 pop. (2001 census) | ||
| height | 264 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1003-0134-5702 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 37 ′ S , 65 ° 46 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Chapare Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Villa Tunari |
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Puerto Patiño is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Puerto Patiño is the central location of the canton of Puerto Patiño in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Villa Tunari in the province of Chapare . The village is located at an altitude of 245 m at the foot of the ridge of the Cordillera of Cochabamba on the Río Sasama , a tributary of the Río Isiboro , which flows to the Río Mamoré .
geography
Puerto Patiño is located in the Bolivian lowlands on the northern edge of the Cordillera Oriental in a tropical climate.
The long-term average annual temperature is almost 27 ° C (see climate diagram Villa Tunari), the monthly temperatures fluctuate between a good 23 ° C in July and almost 29 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation of 2,300 mm shows a clear rainy season from October to April, with monthly precipitation between 160 and 380 mm.
Transport network
Puerto Patiño is located at a distance of 190 kilometers by road northeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
The 1,657-kilometer Ruta 4 highway runs through Cochabamba and crosses the country from west to east. It leads from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border via Cochabamba and Sacaba to Villa Tunari and on via Santa Cruz to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border. Two kilometers east of Villa Tunari in front of the river bridge over the Río Espirítu Santo , the unpaved road Ruta 24 branches off in a northerly direction from Ruta 4 , which leads to the TIPNIS nature reserve and whose further development was temporarily stopped by indigenous protests in autumn 2011. The Ruta 24 reaches Puerto Patiño via Eterazama after 50 kilometers .
Puerto Patiño also has a 900 meter long unpaved airstrip in the north of the village.
population
The population of the village has decreased by around a quarter in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 198 | census |
| 2001 | 144 | census |
| 2012 | 149 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Villa Tunari 83.5 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 Cochabamba 2001 (PDF; 8.0 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Villa Tunari region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 3.05 MB)
- Municipio Villa Tunari - general maps No. 31003
- Municipio Villa Tunari - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.3 MB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )