San Juan del Piraí (Monteagudo)
| San Juan del Piraí | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 459 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1202 m | ||
| Post Code | 01-0501-0200-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 20 ′ S , 64 ° 7 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Hernando Siles Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Camiri |
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San Juan del Piraí is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Juan del Piraí is the central place of the Cantón San Juan del Piraí in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Monteagudo in the province of Hernando Siles . San Juan is located at an altitude of 1202 m on the left bank of the Río Parapetí and is framed by north-south mountain ranges with lush vegetation.
geography
San Juan del Piraí is located in the area of the tropical climate on the western edge of the humid, sub-Andean Chaco Bolivia.
The annual precipitation is 875 mm, in the months July to September there is a pronounced dry season in the region with monthly precipitation of only 10 mm (see climate diagram Camiri), while the wet season lasts from November to April and the months of December and January are characterized by heavy rainfall are. The annual average temperature is around 23 ° C, with 17 to 18 ° C from June to July and over 26 ° C from November to December.
Transport network
San Juan del Piraí is 392 kilometers by road southeast of Sucre , the capital of the department.
From Sucre, the long unpaved road Ruta 6 leads in a south-easterly direction via the cities of Tarabuco , Zudáñez , Tomina and Padilla to Monteagudo . Coming from Padilla, fourteen kilometers before Monteagudo, a dirt road leads southwest to the "Cañón de Heredia". After five kilometers, a country road branches off in a southerly direction, which on its 85-kilometer path exceeds several pass heights of up to 1750 m and has frequent river crossings until it reaches San Juan del Piraí at its end .
population
The population of the village has been subject to significant fluctuations over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 362 | census |
| 2001 | 625 | census |
| 2012 | 459 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Monteagudo 12.0 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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 Chuquisaca 2001 (PDF; 4.4 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Monteagudo - General Maps No. 10501
- Municipio Monteagudo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 943 kB)
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 4.21 MB)