San Pedro de Caranavi
San Pedro | ||
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Basic data | ||
Residents (state) | 33 pop. (2012 census) | |
height | 776 m | |
Post Code | 02-2001-1371-1001 | |
Telephone code | (+591) | |
Coordinates | 16 ° 1 ′ S , 67 ° 37 ′ W | |
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politics | ||
Department | La Paz | |
province | Caranavi Province | |
climate | ||
![]() Climate diagram Choro |
San Pedro de Caranavi is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Pedro is a village in the canton of Choro in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Caranavi in the province of Caranavi . The municipality is located at an altitude of 776 m on the Río Coroico , which flows downstream into the Río Kaka , a tributary of the Río Beni .
geography
San Pedro is located on the eastern edge of the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Yungas , a transition region between the Andean highlands ( altiplano ) and the tropical lowlands of the Amazon - rainforest . The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature of the village is 22 ° C (see climate diagram Choro), the monthly average values fluctuate between 19 ° C in June / July and 23 ° C from October to March. The average daily maximum temperatures are between 26 ° C and 30 ° C all year round, the nocturnal minimum temperatures are a long-term average of 11–12 ° C in June / July and 18 ° C in December and January. The average annual precipitation is 1300 mm, with a short dry season with monthly values of around 20 mm in June / July and monthly highs of around 200 mm from December to February.
Transport network
San Pedro is located 131 kilometers by road northeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the paved highway Ruta 3 leads via Cotapata past Coroico via Santa Bárbara , Challa and Choro to San Pedro , and on via Caranavi to Trinidad on the Río Mamoré .
population
The population of the village has decreased drastically in the past two decades:
year | Residents | source |
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1992 | 129 | census |
2001 | 108 | census |
2012 | 33 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the Aymara population is predominant in the municipality of Caranavi , 57.8 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE social data 2001 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.1 MB)
- Municipio Caranavi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.2 MB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Caranavi - General Maps No. 22001 ( Spanish )
- Department of La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )