Santa Rita (El Torno)
| Santa Rita | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 3377 inhab. (Census 2012) | ||
| rank | Rank 131 | ||
| height | 516 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0105-0105-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 59 ′ S , 63 ° 22 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Andrés Ibáñez Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram El Torno |
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Santa Rita is a country town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Santa Rita is the second largest town in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) El Torno in the province of Andrés Ibáñez . The city is located at an altitude of 516 m on the right bank of the Río Piraí between the cities of El Torno and La Guardia .
geography
Santa Rita is located in the tropical humid climate on the eastern edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental . The region was covered by subtropical rainforest before colonization , but is now mostly cultivated land . The region has a semi- humid, humid tropical climate with low day and night fluctuations in temperatures.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 24 ° C (see El Torno climate diagram), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate between 20 ° C in June and July and 26 ° C from November to February. The long-term average annual precipitation is around 1100 mm, a short dry season from July to September with monthly precipitation of less than 50 mm is offset by an extended humidity period , in which the monthly values sometimes significantly exceed 100 mm from November to March.
Transport network
Santa Rita is located 31 kilometers by road southwest of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From the center of Santa Cruz from the asphalt leads highway Ruta 7 as a four-lane " Grigota Avenue " in a southwesterly direction over the cities of El Carmen and La Guardia to Santa Rita and on about El Torno, La Angostura , Samaipata and Comarapa to Cochabamba .
population
The population of the village has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 424 | census |
| 2001 | 2 115 | census |
| 2012 | 3,377 | census |
Due to the immigration history of the population, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio El Torno 27.7 percent of the population speak the Quechua 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 Santa Cruz 2001 (PDF; 5.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Vallegrande region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.75 MB)
- Relief map of the Santa Cruz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.88 MB)
- Municipio El Torno - detailed map and population data (PDF; 701 kB) ( Spanish )
- Santa Cruz Department - Social data (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )