San José (La Guardia)
| San Jose | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2251 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 179 | ||
| height | 507 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0104-0600-5004 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 56 ′ S , 63 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Andrés Ibáñez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram El Torno |
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San José is a country city in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San José is the central place of the canton of San José in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) La Guardia in the province of Andrés Ibáñez . The city is located on the right bank of the Río Piraí at an altitude of 507 m between the cities of La Guardia in the north and Santa Rita in the south.
geography
San José is located in a tropical humid climate on the eastern edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental . The region was covered by subtropical rainforest before colonization , but is now mostly cultivated land .
The annual average temperature of the region is around 24 ° C (see El Torno climate diagram), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate between 20 ° C in June and July and 26 ° C from November to February. The long-term average annual precipitation is around 1100 mm, a short dry season from July to September with monthly precipitation of less than 50 mm is offset by an extended humidity period , in which the monthly values sometimes significantly exceed 100 mm from November to March.
Transport network
San José is located at a distance of 26 kilometers by road southwest of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From the center of Santa Cruz, the paved highway Ruta 7 leads as a four-lane " Grigota Avenue " in a south-westerly direction via La Guardia to San José and on via La Angostura , Samaipata and Comarapa to Cochabamba .
population
The population of the village has increased by around half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 415 | census |
| 2001 | 2 045 | census |
| 2012 | 2 251 | census |
Due to the immigration of indigenous populations from the Altiplano in the course of the 20th century, the region has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of La Guardia 17.1 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 Santa Cruz 2001 (PDF; 5.2 MB)
Web links
- Topographic map of the Santa Cruz region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 9.5 MB)
- Relief map of the Santa Cruz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.88 MB)
- Municipio La Guardia - detailed map and population data (PDF; 756 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )