San Miguel (Sara)

San Miguel
Basic data
Residents (state)	209 pop. (2012 census)
height	226 m
Post Code	07-0602-0303-0001
Telephone code	(+591)
Coordinates	16 ° 54 ′ S , 63 ° 43 ′ W Coordinates: 16 ° 54 ′ S , 63 ° 43 ′ W
	San Miguel
	San Miguel
politics
Department	Santa Cruz
province	Sara Province
climate
	; Climate diagram Santa Rosa del Sara

San Miguel is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

San Miguel is a central place in the canton of San Miguel in the municipality of Santa Rosa del Sara in the province of Sara . The place is at an altitude of 226 m between the Río Palacios in the west and the Río Piraí in the east.

geography

San Miguel is located east of the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental on the western edge of the Bolivian lowlands. The climate of the region is the fully humid climate of the subtropics with a balanced temperature course throughout the year and also only slight temperature fluctuations during the day.

The mean average temperature of the region is around 24 ° C (see climate diagram Santa Rosa) and fluctuates only slightly between just under 21 ° C in June and July and 26 ° C from November to February. The annual precipitation is more than 1500 mm, the rainy season lasts from October to March and reaches monthly values of over 250 mm.

Transport network

San Miguel is 166 kilometers by road north of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.

From Santa Cruz, the asphalted highway Ruta 4 leads via Warnes and Montero to Portachuelo and from there further west to Cochabamba and the Chilean border. Ten kilometers west of Portachuelo, a dirt road branches off in a northerly direction from Ruta 4 , which reaches Santa Rosa del Sara after 37 kilometers . From there a dirt road leads in a north-westerly direction past the two lakes Laguna Juancholo and Laguna Santa Barbara to San Luis , and from there leads in a north-westerly direction to Los Andes and in a north-easterly direction to San Miguel .

population

The population of the village has decreased significantly between the last two censuses:

year	Residents	source
1992	no detailed data	census
2001	368	census
2013	209	census

Due to the immigration of indigenous populations from the Altiplano , which has been encouraged by politics since the 1960s , the region has a not inconsiderable proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Santa Rosa 28.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.