Santa Gertrudis (Bolivia)
| Santa Gertrudis | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 529 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1854 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-1402-0201-4002 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 19 ′ S , 67 ° 38 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Nor Yungas Province | ||
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 Coroico climate diagram |
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Santa Gertrudis is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Santa Gertrudis is the second largest town in the Milluhuaya canton in the municipality of Coripata in the Nor Yungas province . The village is located at an altitude of 1854 m on a plateau 650 m above the Río Boopi , which flows north and flows into the Río Beni . West of Santa Gertrudis a ridge rises up to a height of 2150 m.
geography
Santa Gertrudis is located in the transition area between the Altiplano and the Cordillera Real in the west and the foothills of the Amazon lowlands in the east. The climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than in the course of the seasons.
The annual precipitation here in the subtropical Yungas is 1100 mm (see Coroico climate diagram) and has a clear dry season from May to August and a rainy season from December to February. The monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 20 ° C and 25 ° C, during the day it is warm in summer and pleasantly cool at night.
Transport network
Santa Gertrudis is located 123 kilometers by road northeast of La Paz , the capital of the department.
From La Paz, the asphalted highway Ruta 3 leads north-east for 52 kilometers to Cotapata and from there another 35 kilometers to Coroico . Here the Ruta 40 branches off to the southeast and reaches Coripata after 32 kilometers . The road to Santa Gertrudis leads west out of Coripata and reaches the center of the village after a good four kilometers.
population
The population of the village has increased by more than a third in the past decade:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 379 | census |
| 2012 | 529 | census |
Due to the historical population development in the Municipio Coripata, the Aymara population is predominant, 72.3 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 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.
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2015 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.
- ↑ 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 ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2013 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. (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.07 MB)
- Relief map of the Chulumani region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 13.7 MB)
- Municipio Coripata - General Maps No. 21401
- Municipio Coripata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 594 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )