Rosillas
| Rosillas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 450 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 2089 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0201-0900-4002 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 56 ′ S , 64 ° 47 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Province of Aniceto Arce | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Padcaya |
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Rosillas (more precisely: Rosillas Centro ) is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Rosillas is one of six localities in the canton of Rosillas in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Padcaya in the province of Aniceto Arce . The village is located at an altitude of 2089 m on a right tributary of the Río Orosas , which flows to the border river Río Bermejo .
geography
Rosillas is located in southern Bolivia on the eastern slopes of the eastern Andes mountain range in the transition to the Bolivian lowlands.
The mean mean temperature of the region is 13.5 ° C (see Padcaya climate diagram), the monthly mean temperatures fluctuate between 9 ° C in June and July and 17 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is 630 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation well over 100 mm.
Transport network
Rosillas is 57 kilometers by road south of Tarija , the capital of the department.
From the Tarija, the paved road Ruta 1 leads southeast towards the cities of Padcaya and Bermejo . In Padcaya, the 165 km long Route 28 branches off from Route 1, which leads via Abra de San Miguel and Camacho to the border town of Villazón . Eight kilometers southwest of Padcaya, a dirt road branches off from Ruta 28 to the south and reaches Rosillas after a further three kilometers.
population
The population of the place has been subject to significant fluctuations in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 240 | census |
| 2001 | 825 | census |
| 2012 | 450 | census |
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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 Tarija region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.07 MB)
- Municipio Padcaya - General Maps No. 60201
- Municipio Padcaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 670 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )