Camiri Explained

Official Name:Camiri
Nickname:"Capital Petrolera de Bolivia"
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bolivia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Cordillera Province
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Camiri Municipality
Area Total Km2:22
Area Land Km2:19
Area Water Km2:3
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:35712
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-20.1°N -63.5333°W
Elevation M:812
Area Code:+591 3952
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cwa
Website:Official website

Camiri (Camirito, La Bomba, Choreti, Capital Petrolera de Bolivia) is a city in Bolivia, Santa Cruz Department, Cordillera Province. It is the seat of the Camiri Municipality. The town has an estimated population of 65,897 inhabitants,[1] also known as "Camireños." Camiri is on the banks of the Parapeti River in a small valley surrounded by rolling hills on the east, north, and south, and by the Aguarague mountain range on the west.

Camiri's Chaco ecosystem encompasses subtropical dry forests with low canopy, and intense xerophilic overgrowth with a large diversity of wildlife.

On February 3, 2007, local protesters shut down a natural gas pipeline in Camiri that serves southern Bolivia. The protesters were seeking an expansion of the nationalization of the natural gas industry and a renewal of the promise of construction of facilities for YPFB, the national petroleum company.

Climate

Camiri has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa).

References

Notes and References

  1. http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-38&srt=npan&col=adhoq&msz=1500 World Gazetteer