San Alberto (Tarija)
| San Alberto | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 672 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 765 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0302-0101-4001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 55 ′ S , 63 ° 48 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Gran Chaco Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Yacuiba |
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San Alberto is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Alberto is the second largest town in the canton of Caraparí in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Caraparí in the southwestern part of the Gran Chaco province . The village is located on a right tributary to the Río Caraparí at an altitude of 765 m between the ridge of the Serranía Aguaragüe in the east and the Serranía Itaú in the west, 40 kilometers northwest of the city of Yacuiba .
geography
San Alberto is located on the southeast 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 San Alberto has tripled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 210 | census |
| 2001 | 509 | census |
| 2012 | 672 | census |
Transport network
San Alberto is located 256 kilometers by road east of Tarija , the capital of the department.
The Ruta 29 trunk road runs through nearby Caraparí , heading north to Palos Blancos , where it meets Ruta 11 . 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 .
From the Ruta 29, three kilometers southeast of Caraparí the 169 km long branches to the southwest Ruta 33 from that over San Alberto by Bermejo leads on the Argentine border, and from there via the Ruta Nacional 50 with the Northern Argentina cities Aguas Blancas and Pichanal connected .
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.
Web links
- Relief map of the Villamontes region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.68 MB)
- Municipio Caraparí - detailed map and population data (PDF; 638 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Caraparí - General Maps No. 60302 ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )