Santa Rosa (Alto Beni)
| Santa Rosa | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 107 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 620 m | ||
| Post Code | 02-2002-0800-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 33 ′ S , 67 ° 27 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Caranavi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Caranavi climate diagram |
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Santa Rosa is a town in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Santa Rosa is the central place of the canton Santa Rosa in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Alto Beni in the province of Caranavi . The village is located in the Bolivian Yungas at an altitude of 620 m in the northwestern foothills of the Cordillera de Cocapata , a few kilometers southwest of the Río Alto Beni .
geography
Santa Rosa is located in the transition area between the Andean Altiplano and the Bolivian lowlands. 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 is 25.5 ° C and fluctuates only slightly over the course of the year between 23 ° C in June / July and 27 ° C in November / December (see Caranavi climate chart). The annual precipitation reaches a height of almost 1500 mm, and apart from a short dry season in June / July the climate is humid all year round with monthly precipitation of over 200 mm from December to February.
Transport network
Santa Rosa is located at a distance of 225 kilometers by road northeast of La Paz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From La Paz, the Ruta 3 trunk road leads via Coroico and Caranavi in a north-easterly direction to the bridge over the Río Alto Beni. Thirteen kilometers before crossing the Alto Beni, a dirt road branches off from Ruta 3 in a northerly direction, after one kilometer reaches Bella Vista and then continues via Santa Rosa to Sararia on the banks of the Río Alto Beni.
population
The population of the village has been subject to significant fluctuations in the past decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 125 | census |
| 2001 | 210 | census |
| 2012 | 107 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the province 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 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
- Relief map of the Paquia region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 12.7 MB)
- Relief map of the Palos Blancos region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.2 MB)
- Municipio Caranavi - General Maps No. 22001
- Municipio Caranavi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.17 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )