El Torno (Santa Cruz)

El Torno (also: Sargento del Torno or Santiago del Torno ) is a small town in the department of Santa Cruz in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

El Torno is a central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) El Torno and is located in the southwestern part of the province of Andrés Ibáñez at an altitude of 529 m on the right bank of the Rio Pirai.

Geography

El Torno, a semihumides sultry humid tropical climate with low day and night variations in temperatures.

The average annual temperature of the region is about 24 ° C (see climate chart El Torno), the average monthly temperatures vary between 20 ° C in June and July and 26 ° C from November to February. The annual rainfall is in the long-term average about 1100 mm, with a short dry season from July to September, with monthly rainfall of less than 50 mm is facing an extended humidity time, sometimes significantly beyond the November-March the monthly values ​​over 100 mm.

Traffic network

El Torno is located at a distance of 32 kilometers of road south west of Santa Cruz, the capital of the department.

From Santa Cruz from the paved highway Ruta 7 via the villages of La Guardia, San Jose and Santa Rita to El Torno and continue west to Cochabamba.

Population

The population of the town has increased in recent decades to a multiple of: