Samaria (Bolivia)

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Samaria
Basic data
Residents (state) 517 pop. (2001 census)
height 401  m
Post Code 07-0101-0401-7001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 17 ° 50 ′  S , 63 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 50 ′  S , 63 ° 6 ′  W
Samaria (Bolivia)
Samaria
Samaria
politics
Department Santa Cruz
province Andrés Ibáñez Province
climate
Climate diagram Santa Cruz
Climate diagram Santa Cruz

Samaria was an independent village in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Samaria was the fifth largest town in the canton of Paurito in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Santa Cruz in the province of Andrés Ibáñez . It is located at an altitude of 401  m directly east of the border of the Santa Cruz canton , which includes the Santa Cruz urban region . Since the 2012 census, Samaria is no longer listed as an independent town, but has become part of the metropolis of Santa Cruz.

geography

Samaria is located in the Bolivian lowlands east of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central .

The mean average temperature of the region is 24 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 1000 mm (see climate diagram Santa Cruz). The region has a tropical climate with a balanced temperature profile, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only insignificantly between 20 ° C in July and 26 ° C in December. The monthly precipitation is between under 50 mm in the months of July and August and over 150 mm in January.

Transport network

Samaria is located at a distance of twelve kilometers by road southeast of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.

Starting from the second inner-city ring Avenida El Trompillo , Avenida San Aurelio leads in a south-westerly direction out of the metropolis of Santa Cruz, after six kilometers at the Mercado Los Pocitos a side street leads in a north-east direction to the municipality of Samaria and on to Arroyito .

population

The population of the place has increased sixfold in the past decade:

year Residents source
1992 177 census
2001 517 census

Due to the historically increased population immigration , the region has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Santa Cruz 12.0 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ↑ INE social data Santa Cruz 2001 (PDF; 5.2 MB)

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