San Joaquín (Beni)
| San Joaquín | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 4556 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 96 | ||
| height | 142 m | ||
| Post Code | 08-0701-0100-9000 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 13 ° 2 ′ S , 64 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Province of Mamoré | ||
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 Climate diagram San Joaquín |
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San Joaquín is a country town in the Beni department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Joaquín is the seat of the administration of the province of Mamoré and the central place of the municipality of San Joaquín . The city is located at an altitude of 142 m on the left bank of the Río Machupo , which drains to the Río Iténez .
geography
San Joaquín is located in the Moxos plain , with over 100,000 km² one of the largest wetlands on earth. The predominant form of vegetation in the San Joaquín region is that of the tropical savannah .
The temperature fluctuations are low, both during the day and during the year (see climate diagram San Joaquín). The annual average temperature is over 26 ° C, the monthly average temperatures are between 24 and 29 ° C. The annual precipitation is around 1500 mm; the months of June to August are characterized by a dry season in which the little rainfall evaporates quickly.
Transport network
San Joaquín is located 244 kilometers by road north of Trinidad , the capital of the Beni department.
The 1631-kilometer national road Ruta 9 runs through San Joaquín and crosses the entire Bolivian lowlands and connects Guayaramerín in the north on the Brazilian border with Yacuiba in the south on the Argentine border. It runs as an unpaved road from Guayaramerín between the border river Río Iténez and Río Yata to the south, crosses the Río Mamoré at Puerto Siles and after another 55 kilometers reaches San Joaquín . From there it continues via San Ramón , San Pedro Nuevo and San Javier to the departmental capital of Trinidad.
population
The population of the village has increased by around a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3 489 | census |
| 2001 | 4 094 | census |
| 2012 | 4 556 | 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
- Topographic map of the San Joaquín region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 6.2 MB)
- Relief map of the Santa Ana region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.3 MB)
- Municipio San Joaquín - General Maps No. 80701
- Municipio San Joaquín - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.09 MB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Beni - social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 3.82 MB)