San Juan de Taperas
| San Juan de Taperas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 832 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 373 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0501-0201-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 54 ′ S , 60 ° 22 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Chiquitos Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram San José de Chiquitos |
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San Juan de Taperas (also: Las Taperas or Taperas ) is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Juan de Taperas is the central place of the canton of San Juan de Taperas in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San José de Chiquitos in the province of Chiquitos and is located at an altitude of 373 m east of the city of San José de Chiquitos at the eastern end of about 90 kilometers long ridge, which has its highest point a few kilometers west of Taperas in Cerro Botija with 808 meters.
geography
The climate of the region is subtropical and semi-humid , the plain directly north of Taperas is humid and crossed by numerous streams, so that it has so far hardly been developed agriculturally.
The annual average temperature of the region is 25.5 ° C (see climate diagram San José de Chiquitos), with monthly average temperatures between just under 28 ° C in October and November and below 22 ° C in June. The annual precipitation is 918 mm, the average humidity is 68 percent. The dry season from July to September contrasts with a pronounced wet season from November to March.
Transport network
San Juan de Taperas is 321 kilometers by road east of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
The 1,657-kilometer Ruta 4 highway runs through San Juan de Taperas and crosses the country from the Chilean to the Brazilian border in a west-east direction . The road leads via Patacamaya , Cochabamba and Villa Tunari to Santa Cruz and from there on via Cotoca , Pailón and San José de Chiquitos to Taperas and via Roboré to Puerto Suárez .
population
The population of the village has increased only marginally in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 758 | census |
| 2001 | 879 | census |
| 2012 | 832 | 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 San Jose de Chiquitos region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.71 MB)
- Municipio San José de Chiquitos - General Maps No. 70501
- Municipio San José de Chiquitos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.59 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )