Santa Rosa de Yacuma
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 Typical buildings in Santa Rosa |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 4727 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 91 | ||
| height | 169 m | ||
| Post Code | 08-0303-0102-0002 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 14 ° 5 ′ S , 66 ° 48 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Ballivián Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Rurrenabaque |
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Santa Rosa de Yacuma (also known as Santa Rosa for short ) is a country town in the Beni department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Santa Rosa is the central part of the Municipio Santa Rosa in the province of Ballivián . The city is located at an altitude of 169 m on the left bank of the Río Yacuma . The closest major town is Rurrenabaque , which is a hundred miles southwest of Santa Rosa . To the west of the city is a freshwater lake seven kilometers long and four kilometers wide, and twenty kilometers northwest of the city is the 155 km² Rogagua Lake , a popular destination for tourists in the region.
geography
Santa Rosa is located in the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin east of the country's mountain ranges in a year-round humid climate.
The annual average temperature of the region is 26 ° C (see climate diagram Rurrenabaque) and fluctuates only marginally between 23 ° C in June and July and a good 27 ° C from October to December. The annual precipitation is almost 2000 mm, with a pronounced rainy season from December to March with 200 to 300 mm monthly precipitation and the lowest monthly values just under 100 mm from July to September.
Transport network
To the southeast of Santa Rosa de Yacuma and 477 kilometers by road is Trinidad , the capital of the department.
The largely unpaved national road Ruta 3 leads from Trinidad in a south-westerly direction via San Ignacio de Moxos and San Borja to Yucumo . From there the Ruta 8 leads over 99 kilometers to the northwest to Rurrenabaque, from there further in a northeast direction for another 97 kilometers via Reyes to Santa Rosa de Yacuma .
In its extension, the road reaches the city of Guayaramerín on the Río Mamoré on the border with Brazil after a further 500 kilometers in the northeastern part of the country .
population
The population of the village has increased by around two thirds in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 3 150 | census |
| 2001 | 4,319 | census |
| 2012 | 4 727 | 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
- Region Espiritu - topographic map 1: 100,000 (PDF; 9.06 MB)
- Municipio Santa Rosa de Yacuma - General Maps No. 80303
- Municipio Santa Rosa de Yacuma - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.71 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Beni - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.82 MB) ( Spanish )