Samuzabety
| Samuzabety | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 999 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 254 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1003-0117-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 49 ′ S , 65 ° 34 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Chapare Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Villa Tunari |
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Samuzabety (also: Samosabete ) is a town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Samuzabety is the seventh largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Villa Tunari in the province of Chapare . The city lies on the Río Samuzabety at an altitude of 254 m at the foot of the ridge of the Cordillera of Cochabamba .
geography
Samuzabety is located in the Bolivian lowlands on the northern edge of the Cordillera Oriental . The climate is tropical with a pronounced time of day climate .
The long-term average annual temperature is almost 27 ° C (see Villa Tunari climate diagram), the monthly temperatures are 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
Samuzabety is located at a distance of 196 kilometers by road northeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
To the south of Samuzabety, the 1,657-kilometer Ruta 4 highway passes, which 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 before the river bridge over the Río Espirítu Santo , a dirt road branches off to the north from Ruta 4 and reaches Samuzabety via Eterazama after 33 kilometers.
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 360 | census |
| 2001 | 599 | census |
| 2012 | 999 | 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 )
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data (PDF; 7.58 MB)