Valle Sacta
| Valle Sacta | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 2704 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 156 | ||
| height | 223 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1205-0408-8001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 7 ′ S , 64 ° 46 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Carrasco Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Puerto Grether |
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Valle Sacta is a country town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Valle Sacta is the largest town in the canton of Valle Ivirza in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of Puerto Villarroel in the province of Carrasco . The city is located at an altitude of 223 m on the right, eastern bank of the Río Sajta , which flows 72 kilometers downstream at Puerto Villarroel into the Río Ichilo .
geography
Valle Sacta is located in the Bolivian lowlands in front of the Voranden chain of the Serranía de Iniricarsama . The climate is a tropical rainy climate with a pronounced rainy season .
The region has an average annual temperature of 26 ° C (see climate diagram Puerto Grether), the monthly averages are between 23 ° C in July and a good 28 ° C from November to February. The average annual precipitation is 1700 mm, with monthly values between 200 and 300 mm from December to February and sufficient humidity in all months.
Transport network
Valle Sacta is located 237 kilometers east of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
The 1,657-kilometer Ruta 4 road runs through Valle Sacta and runs from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border in the east across the country to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border . From Cochabamba you can reach Valle Sacta via Villa Tunari , Chimoré and Ivirgarzama , the highway then continues via Entre Ríos to Warnes and Santa Cruz .
population
The population of the village has doubled in the past decade alone:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | no detailed data | census |
| 2001 | 1 360 | census |
| 2013 | 2 704 | census |
Due to the historically grown population development, the region has a clear proportion of indigenous population, in the municipality of Puerto Villarroel 82.8 percent of the inhabitants speak the Quechua language.
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.
- ↑ INE social data Cochabamba 2001 (PDF; 8.0 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Punata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)
- Municipio Puerto Villarroel - General Maps No. 31205
- Municipio Puerto Villarroel - detailed map and population data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 603 kB)
- Departamento Cochabamba - Social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 7.58 MB)