San Mateo (Tarija)
| San Mateo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1735 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1960 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0101-0600-2 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 28 ′ S , 64 ° 45 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Province of Cercado | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tarija |
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San Mateo is a town in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Mateo is the central place of the canton of San Mateo in the municipality of Tarija in the province of Cercado . The village is located at the confluence of the Río Sella in the Río Nuevo Guadalquivir , which bears the name Río Tarija downstream below Tarija after joining with the Río Camacho .
geography
San Mateo is conveniently located between the different climatic zones of the country on the edge of the Andes , so that mostly mild and pleasant weather prevails (see Tarija climate diagram). In the rainy season between December and February (summer months) there are frequent torrential thunderstorms. The rest of the year is extremely low in precipitation.
The landscape has been eroded by the centuries of clearing and the region around Tarija is framed by bare mountain ranges. The area around Tarija used to be Bolivia's grain chamber. Today, in addition to agriculture, the region is rich in natural gas .
population
The population of the village is due to significantly increased by the attraction of the city over the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 1,075 | census |
| 2012 | 1,735 | census |
structure
In the 2012 census, San Mateo was divided into the following individual districts:
- 06-0101-0600-2001 San Mateo with 220 inhabitants
- 06-0101-0600-2002 Zona Centro with 637 inhabitants
- 06-0101-0600-2003 Zona Sur with 530 inhabitants
- 06-0101-0600-2004 Zona Norte with 348 inhabitants
Transport network
Compuerta is eight kilometers by road north of Tarija , the capital of the department.
The highway Ruta 1 runs through Tarija in a south-north direction, which leads from Bermejo on the border with Argentina via Tarija, Potosí , Oruro and El Alto to Lake Titicaca and the border with Peru .
Four kilometers north of the city center of Tarija, Ruta 1 crosses the Río Nuevo Guadalquivir in a north-westerly direction, and shortly before that, a secondary road turns north from Ruta 1, which leads via Compuerta to San Mateo and on to Monte Centro .
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
Web links
- Relief map 6629-I of the San Lorenzo region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.02 MB)
- Relief map of the Tarija region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.07 MB)
- Municipio Tarija - General Maps No. 60101
- Municipio Tarija - detailed map and population data (PDF; 629 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )