Santa Rosa de Roca
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| Residents (state) | 1992 population (2012 census) | ||
| height | 361 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0301-0116-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 55 ′ S , 61 ° 26 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Velasco | ||
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 Climate diagram Concepción |
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Santa Rosa de Roca (also: Santa Rosa de la Roca ) is a town in the Santa Cruz department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Santa Rosa de Roca is the central place of the canton Santa Rosa de Roca in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Ignacio in the province of Velasco . The village is located at an altitude of 361 m in the headwaters of the Río Utubo , which is connected to the Río Mamoré via the Río Negro . The nearest town is Carmen de Ruíz 41 kilometers east of Santa Rosa, the nearest larger cities are Concepción 82 kilometers southwest and San Ignacio de Velasco 82 kilometers southeast of Santa Rosa.
geography
Santa Rosa de Roca is located in the Bolivian lowlands in the Chiquitanía 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 21 ° C in June / July and 26.5 ° C in October (see Concepción climate diagram), while between September and March they are almost constant between 25 and 26 ° C. The annual mean temperature is 24.3 ° C.
The long-term average annual precipitation is 1150 to 1200 mm. Three quarters of the precipitation fall in the wet season from September to March, while in the arid months June to August fall less than 40 mm per month in the dry season .
Transport network
Santa Rosa de Roca is located at a distance of 424 kilometers by road northeast of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From Santa Cruz, the asphalted highway Ruta 4 leads 57 kilometers northwards via Warnes to Montero . A few kilometers north of Montero, it meets Ruta 10 , which leads over a distance of 648 kilometers to the east and crosses the towns of San Ramón , San Javier and Santa Rosa de la Roca as an asphalt road. The road is unpaved for the remaining 370 kilometers via San Ignacio de Velasco , San Vicente de la Frontera and San Bartolo de la Frontera to the border town of San Matías .
population
The population of the village has almost tripled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 754 | census |
| 2001 | 1 098 | census |
| 2012 | 1 992 | census |
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.
Web links
- Relief map of the Laguna Marfil region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 6.98 MB)
- Municipio San Ignacio de Velasco - General Maps No. 70301
- Municipio San Ignacio de Velasco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 3.64 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )