Saladillo (Tarija)

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Saladillo
Basic data
Residents (state) 390 pop. (2012 census)
height 941  m
Post Code 06-0302-0300-6001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 21 ° 41 ′  S , 63 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 41 ′  S , 63 ° 43 ′  W
Saladillo (Bolivia)
Saladillo
Saladillo
politics
Department Tarija
province Gran Chaco Province
climate
Climate diagram Yacuiba
Climate diagram Yacuiba

Saladillo is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Saladillo is the central place of the canton Saladillo in the municipality Caraparí in the southwestern part of the province Gran Chaco . The village is located at an altitude of 941  m at the confluence of the Río Nazareno and Quebrada Agua Salada, which merge here to form the Río Saladillo, a tributary of the Río Caraparí .

geography

Saladillo is located on the southeastern edge of the Bolivian Andes chain in the lowlands of the subtropical Gran Chaco , which stretches across northwest Paraguay , northeast Argentina and southeast Bolivia. The climate is subtropical with hot humid summers and moderately warm and dry winters.

The annual average temperature is almost 22 ° C, the average monthly values ​​fluctuate between 15 ° C in June / July and 26 ° C in January (see Yacuiba climate diagram). Annual precipitation is just under 1100 mm, with a four-month dry season from June to September with monthly precipitation below 15 mm and a humidity period from December to March with 160–200 mm monthly precipitation.

population

The population of the village has increased significantly in the past decade:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 186 census
2013 390 census

Transport network

Saladillo is 225 kilometers by road east of Tarija , the capital of the department.

The highway Ruta 29 leads past Saladillo, which leads north to Palos Blancos and meets Ruta 11 there. This leads 173 kilometers to the west and meets the Ruta 1 eight kilometers before Tarija , which from there crosses the entire Altiplano to the north and finally reaches Desaguadero on the Peruvian border via the large cities of Potosí , Oruro and El Alto .

In a south-easterly direction, the Ruta 29 leads via Caraparí to the village of Campo Pajoso , 50 kilometers away , where it meets the lowland highway Ruta 9 . This leads from Yacuiba on the Argentine border in the south via the metropolis of Santa Cruz all the way north to the city of Guayaramerín in the Beni lowlands on the Brazilian border.

From Caraparí, 27 kilometers away, the Ruta 33 leads 169 kilometers to Bermejo on the Argentine border and from there is connected to the northern Argentine cities of Aguas Blancas and Pichanal via the Ruta Nacional 50 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012

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