Yucumo
| Yucumo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 4693 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 92 | ||
| height | 261 m | ||
| Post Code | 08-0302-0106-0001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 9 ′ S , 67 ° 2 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Ballivián Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Rurrenabaque |
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Yucumo is a country town in the Beni department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Yucumo is the second largest city in the district (Spanish: Municipio ) of San Borja in the province of Ballivián . The city is located at an altitude of 261 m at the southeast end of the ridge of the Sierra Muchanes .
geography
Yucumo is located in the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin east of the country's mountain ranges in a year-round humid climate. The mean average temperature of the region is 26 ° C (see climate diagram Rurrenabaque) and fluctuates only slightly between 23 ° C in June and July and a good 27 ° C from October to December. The annual precipitation is almost 2000 mm, with a pronounced rainy season from December to March with 200-300 mm monthly precipitation and the lowest monthly values just under 100 mm from July to September.
Transport network
Yucumo is located 281 kilometers west of Trinidad , the capital of the department, and fifty kilometers southwest of San Borja , the administrative center of the municipality.
The largely unpaved road Ruta 3 leads from Trinidad in a westerly direction via San Ignacio de Moxos and San Borja to Yucumo . From there it continues for 321 km in a south-westerly direction via Quiquibey , Caranavi and the La Cumbre pass to La Paz .
In Yucumo, Ruta 8 branches off in a northerly direction and leads via Rurrenabaque and Reyes to Riberalta and Guayaramerín on the Brazilian border.
population
The city's population has more than tripled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 404 | census |
| 2001 | 3 090 | census |
| 2012 | 4 693 | census |
Individual evidence
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 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.
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2015 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.
- ↑ 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 Palos Blancos region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.02 MB)
- Municipio Yucumo - General Maps No. 80302
- Municipio San Borja - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.54 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Beni - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.82 MB) ( Spanish )