Reyes (Beni)
| Reyes | |||
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 View of the town center with the church |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 7202 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 65 | ||
| height | 188 m | ||
| Post Code | 08-0301-0101-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 14 ° 18 ′ S , 67 ° 20 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Ballivián Province | ||
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 Climate diagram Rurrenabaque |
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Reyes is a small town in the Beni department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Reyes is the administrative seat of the province of Ballivián and the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Reyes . The city is located at an altitude of 188 m in the Bolivian lowlands on the right bank of the Río Beni , about fifteen kilometers from the river.
geography
Reyes 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 to 300 mm monthly precipitation and the lowest monthly values just under 100 mm from July to September.
Transport network
Reyes is 405 kilometers by road west of Trinidad , the capital of the department.
From Trinidad, the largely unpaved road Ruta 3 leads 281 kilometers west to Yucumo , from there Ruta 8 north 99 kilometers to Rurrenabaque , and then after another 25 kilometers it reaches Reyes . It continues in a north-easterly direction to Riberalta and Guayaramerin on the Brazilian border.
The city has a small airport, Reyes Airfield .
population
The population of the village has almost doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 4 199 | census |
| 2001 | 6 222 | census |
| 2012 | 7 202 | 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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 San Borja region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
- Topographic map Reyes region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 7.6 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 )