Villa Alba
| Villa Alba | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 294 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 161 m | ||
| Post Code | 08-0602-0101-7001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 4 ′ S , 64 ° 41 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Marbán Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Trinidad |
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Villa Alba is a village in the Beni department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Villa Alba is the second largest town in the canton of San Lorenzo in the municipality of San Andrés in the province of Marbán . The village is located at an altitude of 161 m on the right, western bank of the Río Mocoui , a few kilometers above its confluence with the Río Ibare , which flows 135 kilometers downstream into the Río Mamoré .
geography
Villa Alba is located in the Bolivian lowlands in the Moxos plain , with over 100,000 km² one of the largest wetlands on earth. The predominant form of vegetation in the San Andrés region is the tropical savannah .
The annual average temperature is 26 ° C (see climate diagram Trinidad), with the monthly average temperatures between June / July at a good 23 ° C and October / December of 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.
Transport network
Villa Alba is located at a distance of 35 kilometers by road southeast of Trinidad , the capital of the department, with which it is connected by a direct road.
Villa Alba is connected to the rest of the country via Trinidad: From here the national road Ruta 3 leads west on the Bolivian Altiplano to La Paz ; the north-south running Ruta 9 connects Trinidad with Guayaramerin in the northeast of the country and via the lowland metropolis Santa Cruz with Yacuiba on the Argentine border.
The road connection from Trinidad to Villa Alba continues in a south-westerly direction to the village of Loreto .
population
The population of the village has increased slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 253 | census |
| 2001 | 304 | census |
| 2012 | 294 | 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
- Relief map of the Loreto region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 5.83 MB)
- Topographic map of the Loreto region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 8.50 MB)
- Municipio San Andrés - General Maps No. 80602
- Municipio San Andrés - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.21 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Beni - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.82 MB) ( Spanish )