Santo Corazón
| Santo Corazón | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 774 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 231 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-1201-0103-7004 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 58 ′ S , 58 ° 48 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Ángel Sandoval Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram San Matías |
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Santo Corazón is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Santo Corazón is the central place of the canton Santo Corazón in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Matías in the province Ángel Sandoval . The village is located at an altitude of 231 m near the Bolivian border with Brazil on the upper reaches of the Río Santo Corazón .
geography
Santo Corazón is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian lowlands in the wetland of the South American Pantanal and has a tropical climate with a balanced temperature profile.
The mean average temperature of the region is 27 ° C (see climate diagram San Matías), the monthly mean temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 24 ° C in June / July and 29 ° C in November / December. Annual precipitation is around 1250 mm, with the months June to September being arid with monthly precipitation of less than 50 mm , while the months December to February each have values of around 200 mm.
Transport network
Santo Corazón is located 580 kilometers east of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department.
From Santa Cruz, the asphalt national road Ruta 4 leads east via Cotoca , Pailón and San José de Chiquitos to Roboré and on to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border. Eight kilometers southeast of Roboré, a dirt road branches off from Ruta 4 in a north-easterly direction and after 14 km reaches Santiago de Chiquitos , from here the road leads a further 113 km through largely unpopulated bushland to the northeast to Santo Corazón .
population
The population of the village has increased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 648 | census |
| 2001 | 554 | census |
| 2012 | 774 | 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
- Municipio San Matías - General Maps No. 71201
- Municipio San Matías - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.21 MB)
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 4.99 MB)