San Pedro (Azurduy)

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San Pedro
Basic data
Residents (state) 535 pop. (2012 census)
height 1891  m
Post Code 01-0202-0300-7001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 19 ° 37 ′  S , 64 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 37 ′  S , 64 ° 27 ′  W
San Pedro (Bolivia)
San Pedro
San Pedro
politics
Department Chuquisaca
province Azurduy Province
climate
Climate diagram Azurduy
Climate diagram Azurduy

San Pedro is a town in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

San Pedro is the central place of the canton of San Pedro in the municipality of Tarvita in the province of Azurduy . The village is located at an altitude of 1891  m at the mouth of the Río Fruta Mayu in the Río Milanes , which belongs to the river system of the Bolivian Río Grande .

geography

San Pedro lies between the Altiplano in the west and the lowlands in the east in one of the north-south side valleys of the Bolivian Cordillera Central .

The climate of the region is a distinct daytime climate , in which the temperature differences between day and night fluctuate more clearly than the average values ​​between summer and winter. The annual average temperature is 14 ° C (see Azurduy climate diagram), the monthly values ​​fluctuate between 10 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C in December / January. Annual precipitation is just under 550 mm, with a dry season and monthly values ​​below 10 mm from May to August, and maximum values ​​of 100 to 110 mm from December to February.

Transport network

San Pedro is 230 kilometers southeast of Sucre , the capital of the department.

The 976 kilometer long highway Ruta 6 , which connects the capital with the Bolivian lowlands and the metropolis of Santa Cruz there , runs through Sucre . The road from Sucre to the east is paved only for the first 67 kilometers to Tarabuco , the following 120 kilometers to Padilla are covered with unpaved gravel. Fifteen kilometers before Padilla, a dirt road branches off to the south and leads via Alcalá to San Pedro and on via Tarea Pampa and Molleni to Tarvita .

population

The population of the village has increased in the past decade:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 471 census
2012 535 census

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012

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