San Matías (Santa Cruz)
| San Matías | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 6267 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 72 | ||
| height | 120 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-1201-0102-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 22 ′ S , 58 ° 24 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Ángel Sandoval Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram San Matías |
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San Matías is a small town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Matías is the central place of the canton of San Matías in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Matías and the administrative seat of the province Ángel Sandoval . The city is located at an altitude of 120 m eight kilometers west of the Bolivian border with Brazil .
geography
San Matías is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian lowlands in the wetland of the South American Pantanal and has a tropical climate with a balanced temperature profile.
The mean average temperature of the region is 27 ° C (see climate diagram San Matías), the monthly mean temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 24 ° C in June / July and 29 ° C in November / December. Annual precipitation is around 1250 mm, with the months June to September being arid with monthly precipitation of less than 50 mm , while the months December to February each have values of around 200 mm.
Transport network
San Matías is located at a distance of 705 km northeast of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From Santa Cruz, the asphalted highway Ruta 4 leads 57 kilometers northwards via Warnes to Montero . A few kilometers north of Montero, it meets Ruta 10 , which leads over a distance of 648 kilometers to the east and crosses the towns of San Ramón , San Javier and Santa Rosa de Roca as an asphalt road. For the remaining 370 kilometers via San Ignacio de Velasco and San Vicente de la Frontera to San Matías , the road is unpaved, as well as further to the Brazilian city of Cáceres , with which there is also a bus connection.
population
The population of the village has increased several times over in the past decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | about 900 | estimate |
| 1992 | 3 849 | census |
| 2001 | 5 370 | census |
| 2012 | 6 267 | census |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Populstat
- ^ 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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 Caceres region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.97 MB)
- Municipio San Matías - General Maps No. 71201
- Municipio San Matías - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.27 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )