Santa Rosa del Sara
| Santa Rosa del Sara | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 5238 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 90 | ||
| height | 276 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0602-0102-3001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 7 ′ S , 63 ° 36 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Sara Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Santa Rosa del Sara |
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Santa Rosa is a small town in the Santa Cruz department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Santa Rosa is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Santa Rosa del Sara in the province of Sara . The city is located at an altitude of 276 m in the alluvial plain between Río Piraí and Río Yapacaní .
geography
Santa Rosa is located east of the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental on the western edge of the Bolivian lowlands. The climate of the region is the fully humid climate of the subtropics with a balanced temperature course throughout the year and also only slight temperature fluctuations during the day.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 24 ° C (see climate diagram Santa Rosa) and fluctuates only slightly between just under 21 ° C in June and July and 26 ° C from November to February. The annual precipitation is more than 1500 mm, the rainy season lasts from October to March and reaches monthly values of over 250 mm.
Transport network
Santa Rosa del Sara is 122 kilometers by road north of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From Santa Cruz, the asphalted highway Ruta 4 leads via Warnes and Montero to Portachuelo and from there further west to Cochabamba and the Chilean border. Ten kilometers west of Portachuelo, a dirt road branches off in a northerly direction from Ruta 4 , which reaches Santa Rosa after 37 kilometers .
population
The population of the village has increased by two thirds in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3 125 | census |
| 2001 | 4 119 | census |
| 2012 | 5 238 | census |
Due to the immigration of indigenous populations from the Altiplano , which has been encouraged by politics since the 1960s , the region has a not inconsiderable proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Santa Rosa 28.6 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
- Municipio Santa Rosa del Sara - Information from the Gobierno Autónomo Departamental ( Spanish )
- Relief map of the Santa Cruz region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 7.88 MB)
- Municipio Santa Rosa del Sara - General Maps No. 70602
- Municipio Santa Rosa del Sara - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.08 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.12 MB) ( Spanish )