Entre Ríos, Cochabamba Explained

Official Name:Entre Ríos
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bolivia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1: Cochabamba Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Carrasco Province
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Entre Ríos Municipality
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2010 upgraded
Population Total:5,080
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-17.1972°N -64.5353°W
Elevation M:240

Entre Ríos is a small town in the Cochabamba Department of the South American Republic of Bolivia.

Location

Entre Ríos is the capital of the Entre Ríos Municipality, which was newly established in 2004, the sixth municipal section of Carrasco Province.

The town is located at an elevation of 240m (790feet) in the central regions of Bolivia on the left bank of the Ichoa River, which 13km (08miles) downstream discharges into the Ichilo River.

Geography

Entre Ríos is situated in the Bolivian lowlands on the north-eastern foothills of the Cordillera Oriental. The region has an average temperature of 24 °C, the monthly averages range from 26 °C (October to December) to 20 °C (June and July). The average yearly precipitation is higher than 1000mm, with a wet season from November to February and a drier season with less than 50mm per month in July and August.[1]

Regional traffic

Entre Ríos is located 265 km east of Cochabamba, the department's capital.
The small town is passed by the 1657km (1,030miles) long state road Ruta 4, which goes from Tambo Quemado on the Chilenean border all through the country to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border. From Cochabamba to Entre Ríos the road passes Villa Tunari, Chimoré and Ivirgarzama, east of Entre Ríos the road leads to Warnes und Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Population

The population of the place has increased rapidly over the past two decades:

Due to the historically developed population distribution, the region is predominantly inhabited by Quechuas, 76.6 percent of the population in the Entre Ríos Municipality speak the Quechua language.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Klimadiagramm-metrisch-deutsch-Santa_Cruz-Bolivien.png Santa Cruz climate chart (German)
  2. http://www.ine.gov.bo/indice/poblacion92Proy.aspx?gestion=1992 Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  3. http://www.ine.gov.bo/comunitaria/comunitariaVer.aspx?Depto=03&Prov=12&Seccion=06 Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
  4. http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-38&srt=npan&col=adhoq&msz=1500 World Gazetteer
  5. Web site: INE Social Data Cochabamba 2001 . 2010-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090320092247/http://www.ine.gov.bo/PDF/DIFD/IndicadoresSociodemograficosProvinciaMunicipiosCochabamba.pdf . 2009-03-20 . dead .