Turumayo
| Turumayo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 1253 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 1988 m | ||
| Post Code | 06-0101-0500-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 34 ′ S , 64 ° 48 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Province of Cercado | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tarija |
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Turumayo is a scattered settlement in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
location
Turumayo is the third largest town in the canton of Lazareto in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Tarija in the province of Cercado . Turumayo is located at an altitude of 1988 m five kilometers northwest of the reservoir Lago San Jacinto , which drains into the Río Nuevo Guadalquivir , which becomes the Río Tarija downstream .
geography
Turumayo is conveniently located between the different climate zones of the country, on the edge of the Andes at an altitude of around 2000 m , so that mostly mild and pleasant weather prevails (see climate diagram Tarija). In the rainy season between December and February (summer months) there are frequent torrential thunderstorms. The rest of the year is extremely low in precipitation.
population
The population of the village is alone in the decade between the last two censuses risen to more than double:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 556 | census |
| 2012 | 1 253 | census |
Transport network
Turumayo is nine kilometers by road southwest of Tarija , the capital of the department.
Tarija is on the Ruta 1 highway , which crosses the Bolivian highlands from north to south and runs from Desaguadero on the Peruvian border via the metropolises of El Alto , Oruro and Potosí to Bermejo on the Argentine border.
You leave Tarija in a westerly direction via the Puente San Martin, which crosses the Río Nuevo Guadalquivir and is called Av. Héroes de la Independencia between the two districts of San Martin in the north and Senac in the south. On the outskirts, the road turns in a south-westerly direction and after a total of nine kilometers it reaches Turumayo and continues via Lazareto and Guerra Huayco to the town of San Andrés .
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
- Relief map 6629-III of the Tolomosa region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 1.98 MB)
- Relief map of the Villamontes region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.68 MB)
- Municipio Tarija - General Maps No. 60101
- Municipio Tarija - detailed map and population data ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )