Trigal
| Trigal | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 215 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| Post Code | 07-0802-0100-5001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 18 ′ S , 64 ° 9 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Vallegrande Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Trigal |
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Trigal is a town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Trigal is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Trigal in the province of Vallegrande . The village is located in the valley of the Río Cienega between the villages of Muyurina and Lagunillas at an altitude of 1623 m and is embedded between north-south running mountain ridges that reach heights of up to 2,400 m.
geography
Trigal lies in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental in the north and the Cordillera Central in the southwest, and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. The climate in the protected valley location is warm and balanced all year round, not as hot and humid as in the nearby lowlands, but also less mild than in the neighboring municipality of Vallegrande.
The mean average temperature of the region is 22 ° C (see Trigal climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between 19 ° C in July and 24 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is about 650 mm, with a dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 25 mm, and a wet season from December to February with 100 to 125 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Trigal is located at a distance of 270 kilometers by road southwest of Santa Cruz , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Santa Cruz, the paved highway Ruta 7 leads west to Cochabamba and after 187 kilometers via Samaipata and La Angostura reaches the small town of Mataral . From there the Ruta 22 branches off in a southerly direction and after 28 kilometers reaches Trigal and after another 25 km the provincial capital Vallegrande .
population
The population of the village has decreased significantly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 400 | census |
| 2001 | 599 | census |
| 2012 | 215 | 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 Trigal - General Maps No. 70802
- Municipio Trigal - detailed map and population data (PDF 1.51 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )