San Ignacio del Sara
| San Ignacio del Sara | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 366 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 279 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0601-0300-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 17 ′ S , 63 ° 34 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Sara Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram San Pedro |
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San Ignacio del Sara is a town in the Santa Cruz department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Ignacio del Sara is the central place of the Cantón San Ignacio del Sara in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Portachuelo in the province of Sara . The place is located at an altitude of 279 m in the wetland between Río Yapacaní and Río Piraí .
geography
San Ignacio del Sara is located in the humid tropical climate in front of the eastern edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental . The region has only been opened up in the last few decades and was covered by subtropical rainforest before colonization , but is now mostly cultivated land .
The mean average temperature of the region is almost 25 ° C (see climate diagram San Pedro), the monthly values fluctuate between 21 ° C in June / July and 26 to 27 ° C from October to March. The annual precipitation is almost 1500 mm, the monthly precipitation is abundant and lies between 50 mm in July and 250 mm in January.
Transport network
San Ignacio del Sara is 100 kilometers by road northwest of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From Santa Cruz, the paved highway Ruta 4 leads via Warnes and Montero to Portachuelo , and from there a further 398 kilometers in a westerly direction to Cochabamba and another 376 kilometers to Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border.
Ten kilometers after Portachuelo, a country road branches off in a north-westerly direction, which leads via San Ignacio del Sara to Santa Rosa del Sara , where it meets the east-west running Ruta 35 .
population
The population of the village has only fluctuated slightly over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 374 | census |
| 2001 | 407 | census |
| 2012 | 366 | census |
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 Santa Cruz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.88 MB)
- Municipio Portachuelo - General Maps No. 70601
- Municipio Portachuelo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 678 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Portachuelo - Information from the Gobierno Autónomo Departamental ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.12 MB) ( Spanish )