Santa Ana de Velasco
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 Jesuit Reduction Church in Santa Ana de Velasco restored by Hans Roth |
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| Residents (state) | 704 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 464 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0301-0201-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 35 ′ S , 60 ° 41 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | José Miguel de Velasco | ||
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 Climate diagram San Ignacio de Velasco |
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Santa Ana is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Santa Ana is the central place of the Cantón Santa Ana in the district (Bolivian: Municipio ) San Ignacio de Velasco in the province of José Miguel de Velasco . The city is located at an altitude of 464 m in the Chiquitania region , a hilly landscape between Santa Cruz and the Brazilian border that is still untouched in parts .
geography
Santa Ana is located in the Bolivian lowlands in the Chiquitania region , a largely untouched landscape between Santa Cruz and the Brazilian border. The region's climate is a semi-humid climate of the warm tropics .
The monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly over the course of the year between 20.9 ° C in June and 26.6 ° C in October, while between September and March they are almost constantly above 25 ° C (see climate diagram San Ignacio de Velasco). The annual mean temperature is 24.5 ° C. The annual rainfall averages 1200 mm over many years. Three quarters of the precipitation falls in the rainy season from November to March, while in the dry season in the arid months of June to August less than 30 mm fall per month.
history
The place was founded in 1755 by the Jesuit priest Julian Knogler from Gansheim . He did missionary work with the Chiquitos tribe from 1748 to 1767 .
Transport network
Santa Ana is located in a north-easterly direction 445 kilometers by road from Santa Cruz, the capital of the department.
From Santa Cruz, the asphalted highway Ruta 4 leads 57 kilometers northwards via Warnes to Montero . Here it meets Ruta 10 , which leads to the east over a distance of 279 kilometers and crosses the towns of San Ramón , San Javier and Santa Rosa de Roca as an asphalt road. The road is unpaved for the remaining 60 kilometers to the provincial capital San Ignacio de Velasco , as well as on its 310 kilometers further east along the Brazilian border via San Vicente de la Frontera to San Matías and on to the Brazilian city of Cáceres .
A dirt road leads from San Ignacio to the southeast, which reaches Santa Ana after 45 kilometers and from there continues south to San Rafael , 23 kilometers away .
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 284 | census |
| 2001 | 483 | census |
| 2012 | 704 | census |
UNESCO world heritage
The city is known for one of the Jesuit reductions of the Chiquitos , which were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Misiones Jesuiticcas , bolivia-travel.com.bo of July 12, 2018; Accessed September 1, 2019
- ^ 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.
- ↑ Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos (English)
Web links
- Municipio San Ignacio - detailed map and population data (PDF; 3.64 MB) (Spanish)
- Santa Cruz Department - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 4.99 MB)
- Description of the Jesuit reduction Santa Ana de Velasco (UNESCO World Heritage) with pictures and information ( English )