Tres Cruces (Santa Cruz)
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1773 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 282 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0502-0106-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 37 ′ S , 62 ° 13 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Chiquitos Province | ||
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 Climate diagram Pailón |
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Tres Cruces is a town in the Santa Cruz department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Tres Cruces is the central place of the canton Tres Cruces in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Pailón in the province of Chiquitos and lies at an altitude of 282 m . The region around Tres Cruces is intensively developed for agriculture.
geography
Tres Cruces is located in the Chiquitania region between the alluvial plains of the Río Piraí and Río Grande in the west and the Chiquitos hill country in the east. The climate is semi-humid, the temperatures fluctuate only insignificantly during the day and during the year.
The annual average temperature is 24 to 25 ° C, with monthly average temperatures between almost 27 ° C in December and January and below 21 ° C in June and July (see climate diagram Pailón). The annual precipitation is around 950 mm, the dry season from July to September contrasts with a pronounced humidity period from November to February, in which the monthly values reach up to 140 mm.
Transport network
Tres Cruces is 114 kilometers by road east of Santa Cruz, the capital of the department.
From Santa Cruz, the paved highway Ruta 4 / Ruta 9 heads east via Cotoca to Puerto Pailas , crosses the Río Grande and splits 14 kilometers later in Pailón . From here the Ruta 4 leads 587 kilometers via Cañada Larga , Tres Cruces and Pozo del Tigre to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border, the Ruta 9 leads 1175 kilometers north to Guayaramerin .
population
The town's population has more than tripled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 557 | census |
| 2001 | 990 | census |
| 2012 | 1 773 | census |
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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 Cotoca region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 6.55 MB)
- Municipio Pailón - General Maps No. 70502
- Municipio Pailón - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.18 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )