Trinidad (Bolivia)

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Trinidad
Arroyo San Juan
Arroyo San Juan
Basic data
Residents (state) 101,454 pop. (2012 census)
rank Rank 12
height 161  m
Post Code 08-0101-0100-1001
Telephone code (+591) 346
Coordinates 14 ° 50 ′  S , 64 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 14 ° 50 ′  S , 64 ° 54 ′  W
Trinidad (Bolivia)
Trinidad
Trinidad
politics
Department Beni
province Province of Cercado
mayor Aideé Nava
climate
Climate diagram Trinidad
Climate diagram Trinidad

Trinidad (official Spanish name: La Santísima Trinidad ) is the capital of the Beni department in the Amazon lowlands of the South American landlocked state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Trinidad is located about 400 kilometers as the crow flies northeast of La Paz in the Amazon basin on the right bank of the Arroyo San Juan River , which drains to the Río Mamoré . The city is at an altitude of 161  m .

geography

Trinidad has a tropical hot and humid climate all year round . The annual average temperature is 26.2 ° C, with the monthly average temperatures between June / July at a good 23 ° C and October / December at just under 28 ° C only slightly different. The annual precipitation is almost 2000 mm and is therefore more than twice as high as the precipitation in Central Europe. Maximum values ​​of around 300 mm in the months of December to February contrast with low values ​​of around 50 mm in July / August.

history

Trinidad (Spanish: " Trinity " ) was founded in 1686 as a mission station for the Jesuits on the Río Mamoré; the full place name was actually "La Santísima Trinidad" (Spanish: "the most holy trinity" ). Since the location on the Mamoré turned out to be unfavorable due to flooding, the settlement was moved about 14 kilometers to its current position in 1769.

population

The city's population has increased several times over in the past three and a half decades:

year Residents source
1976 27 583 census
1992 57 328 census
2001 75 987 census
2012 101 454 census

Transport network

Trinidad is the intersection of the national roads Ruta 3 , which connects Trinidad with La Paz , 602 kilometers away , and Ruta 9 , which crosses the entire Bolivian lowlands from north to south and leads from Trinidad to the metropolis of Santa Cruz , 477 kilometers south . There are daily bus connections to most cities in Bolivia via these highways.

At the airport of Trinidad ("Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz") operate u. a. Boliviana de Aviación , EcoJet and Amas Bolivia .

Economy and culture

Trinidad is the seat of the Apostolic Vicariate El Beni o Beni of the Roman Catholic Church. In addition to the private university Univalle, the city also has a public university called Universidad Autónoma del Beni "José Ballivián" (formerly Universidad Técnica del Beni).

The most important industry in the Trinidad region is agriculture, especially cattle breeding.

Climate table

Trinidad
Climate diagram
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109
 
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45
 
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40
 
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42
 
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74
 
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118
 
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185
 
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255
 
32
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: wetterkontor.de
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Trinidad
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 32.3 31.4 31.4 30.8 29.0 28.7 29.4 31.6 33.4 32.2 32.3 31.9 O 31.2
Min. Temperature (° C) 22.0 21.9 21.6 20.9 18.5 16.5 15.4 16.6 19.4 20.6 21.3 21.5 O 19.7
Precipitation ( mm ) 292 242 229 129 109 45 40 42 74 118 185 255 Σ 1,760
Humidity ( % ) 81 81 81 79 79 76 71 65 64 71 72 77 O 74.7
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31.4
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21.6
30.8
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29.0
18.5
28.7
16.5
29.4
15.4
31.6
16.6
33.4
19.4
32.2
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31.9
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Source: wetterkontor.de

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Brinkhoff: City Population
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  4. ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo

Web links

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