Villa Tunari
| Villa Tunari | |||
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 Villa Tunari on the Río Chapare |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 3210 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 139 | ||
| height | 310 m | ||
| Post Code | 03-1003-0122-7001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 58 ′ S , 65 ° 25 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Chapare Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Villa Tunari |
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Villa Tunari is a country town in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Villa Tunari is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Villa Tunari in the province of Chapare . The city is located at the confluence of the Río Espíritu Santo and Río San Mateo to the Río Chapare at an altitude of 310 m at the foot of the eastern Andes chains between the cities of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz .
geography
Villa Tunari is located in the Bolivian lowlands on the northern edge of the Cordillera Oriental . The climate is tropical with a pronounced time of day climate .
The long-term average annual temperature is almost 27 ° C, the monthly temperatures are between a good 23 ° C in July and just under 29 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation of 2,300 mm shows a clear rainy season from October to April, with monthly precipitation between 160 and 380 mm.
Sports
In 2018, the Centro de Entrenamiento y Formación Deportiva ( CEFED ) training and competitive sports center was opened in Villa Tunari , which not only has a football stadium with an all-round spectator stand, but also an Olympic swimming pool, an athletics stadium , tennis courts and other competition facilities. In addition, 500 people can be accommodated in associated accommodations. The facilities are regularly used for sporting events, from departamental and national student competitions ( Juegos Deportivos Estudiantiles Plurinacionales ) to friendly matches for the national soccer team. The center covers the tropical region.
Transport network
Villa Tunari is located at a distance of 161 kilometers by road northeast of Cochabamba , the capital of the department.
Villa Tunari by the 1657 km long leads highway Ruta 4 , which crosses the country from west to east. It leads from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border via Cochabamba and Sacaba to Villa Tunari and on via Santa Cruz to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border. The road is paved for the distance of 913 km from Tambo Quemado via Santa Cruz to Pailón and then has an unpaved surface.
On December 23, 2003, 50 inhabitants of the city died when the Río Chapare overflowed its banks, destroyed the connecting bridge over the Chapare at Villa Tunari and flooded large areas of the province.
population
The population of the village has doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 1,597 | census |
| 2001 | 2 510 | census |
| 2012 | 3 210 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a significant proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Villa Tunari 83.5 percent of the population 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 file; 7.58 MB)
Web links
- Villa Tunari - Photos
- Raised relief map Villa Tunari 1: 100,000 (PDF; 9.7 MB)
- Relief map of the Villa Tunari region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 3.05 MB)
- Municipio Villa Tunari - detailed map and population data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 2.3 MB)
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 7.58 MB)