San Benito (Sunchu Pampa)
| San Benito | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 4089 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 109 | ||
| height | 2714 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1403-0301-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 33 ′ S , 65 ° 55 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Punata Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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San Benito is a country town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Benito is the largest town in the canton of Sunchu Pampa in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of San Benito in the province of Punata . The village is located on the northern edge of a 15 × 25 kilometers large fertile plain at an altitude of 2714 m , twelve kilometers south of Cerro Tuti (4102 m), the highest point between the region.
geography
San Benito is in the transition area between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba) and fluctuates only slightly between 14 ° C in June and July and 20 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is around 450 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 90 to 110 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
San Benito is 43 kilometers south-east of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
From Cochabamba, the paved road Ruta 7 leads past San Lorenzo (Punata) , crosses the Cordillera Oriental to the east and leads on its way into the Bolivian lowlands via the cities of Tolata and Samaipata to the lowland metropolis of Santa Cruz .
population
The village is listed under this name for the first time in the 2012 census, the name competes with San Benito (Punata), six kilometers northeast :
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Detailed data is missing | census |
| 2001 | Detailed data is missing | census |
| 2013 | 4,089 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of San Benito 90.7 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 2001 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map Punata 1: 100,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)
- Municipio San Benito - detailed map and population data (PDF; 231 kB) (Spanish)
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 7.58 MB)