San Lorencito
| San Lorencito | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 243 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3420 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0502-0701-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 23 ′ S , 64 ° 59 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Province of Eustaquio Méndez | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Yunchará |
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San Lorencito is a town in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Lorencito is the seventh largest town in the canton of Iscayachi in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) El Puente in the province of Eustaquio Méndez . The village is located at an altitude of 3420 m on the left, western bank of the Río Tomayapo , which flows almost ninety kilometers downstream into the Río San Juan del Oro .
geography
San Lorencito is located in the southeastern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the mean temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see Yunchará climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between a good 6 ° C in June / July and a good 14 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is just under 400 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 15 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 80–95 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
San Lorencito is 49 kilometers by road northwest of Tarija , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Tarija the highway Ruta 1 leads north, pierces the Cordillera de Sama in a north-westerly direction and continues via the village of San Lorencito to Camargo , Padcoyo and Potosí . In San Lorencito, a dirt road branches off in a southerly direction and continues via Iscayachi and the Pampa de Tajzara to Yunchará .
population
The population of the village has increased slightly in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 214 | census |
| 2012 | 243 | census |
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
Web links
- Relief map 6629-IV of the Iscayachi region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.29 MB)
- Relief map of the Tarija region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.07 MB)
- Municipio El Puente - General Maps No. 60502
- Municipio El Puente - detailed map and population data (PDF; 466 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )