Santa Ana del Yacuma
| Santa Ana del Yacuma | |||
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 Santa Ana Church |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 12,178 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 46 | ||
| height | 147 m | ||
| Post Code | 08-0401-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 13 ° 45 ′ S , 65 ° 26 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Yacuma Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Santa Ana |
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Santa Ana del Yacuma (short: Santa Ana ) is a small town in the Beni department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Santa Ana is the seat of the administration of the province of Yacuma and the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Santa Ana . The city lies at an altitude of 147 m at the confluence of the Río Rapulo in the Río Yacuma and is bordered on three sides by these two rivers. A few kilometers downstream, the Río Yacuma flows into the Río Mamoré , which flows here in a northerly direction and joins the Río Beni to the Rio Madeira 615 kilometers downstream .
geography
Santa Ana is located in the Bolivian lowlands, its rivers are part of the catchment area of the Amazon basin . The region belongs to the semi-humid tropics, the climate is hot and humid for much of the year.
The annual average temperature is 27.3 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 25.5 ° C in June / July and 28.3 ° C in October / November. The annual precipitation of 1645 m is about twice as high as in Central Europe. A short dry season from June to August with monthly values of less than 35 mm is opposed to a humidity period that shows precipitation values of more than 200 mm from December to March.
Transport network
Santa Ana is 150 kilometers northwest of Trinidad , the capital of the department, by road.
From Trinidad, the paved highway Ruta 3 leads a few kilometers west towards San Ignacio de Moxos , until two unpaved country roads branch off to the north: Ruta 9 via San Ramón to Guayaramerín , and Ruta 902 to Santa Ana del Yacuma . The 902 reaches the provincial capital Santa Ana after 135 km and continues north to Exaltación .
population
The city's population increased significantly in the 1980s, but has stagnated since then:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 665 | census |
| 1992 | 14 788 | census |
| 2001 | 12 877 | census |
| 2012 | 12 178 | census |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Brinkhoff: City Population
- ^ 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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Municipio Santa Ana del Yacuma - General Maps No. 80401
- Municipio Santa Ana del Yacuma - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.44 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Beni - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.82 MB) ( Spanish )