San Juan del Rosario
| San Juan del Rosario | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 317 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1519 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0901-0204-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 18 ′ S , 63 ° 49 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Florida Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Samaipata |
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San Juan del Rosario is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Juan del Rosario is a central place in the canton of San Juan del Rosario in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Samaipata in the province of Florida . The village is located in the eastern Andean Mountains at an altitude of 1519 m in the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental on the upper reaches of the Río Misca , a tributary to the Río Piraí , which rises near the city of Samaipata . The village lies on a plain that measures about 2 km in north-south and east-west direction, the ridges around the village reach heights of up to 1850 m.
geography
San Juan del Rosario lies in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. Because of the sheltered valley location, the climate is mild and balanced all year round, not as hot and humid as in the nearby lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is 18 ° C (see climate diagram Samaipata) and fluctuates only slightly between 15 ° C in June / July and almost 20 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is around 750 mm, with a weak dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 35 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 110 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
San Juan del Rosario is located at a distance of 142 kilometers by road southwest of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
Santa Cruz of the 488 km long leads highway Ruta 7 about La Guardia and La Angostura to Samaipata and then continue on Mairana and Comarapa to Cochabamba , the capital of neighboring departments. From the southern edge of the city of Samaipata a dirt road leads south and after 22 kilometers reaches San Juan del Rosario , the road then continues south to Postrervalle in the province of Vallegrande .
population
The population of the village has increased by more than half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 196 | census |
| 2001 | 216 | census |
| 2012 | 317 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region still has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Samaipata 15.5 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 2001 (PDF; 5.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Samaipata - General Maps No. 70901
- Municipio Samaipata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 0.97 MB) (Spanish)
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 4.99 MB)