Magdalena (Beni)
Magdalena is a town in the Beni Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia.
Location in near space
Magdalena is a central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Magdalena and seat of the administration of the province Iténez. The city lies at an altitude of 144 m on the left, the western shore of the Río Itonomas which flows in a northerly direction and flows 225 km downstream in the Río Iténez.
Geography
Magdalena is located in the Bolivian lowlands almost one hundred kilometers south-west of the border with Brazil. The air in the room Magdalena is characterized by a typical for the tropics balanced temperature curve with only minor fluctuations.
The annual mean temperature is close to 27 ° C, the monthly values vary between 25 ° C in June / July and 28 ° C in the month of October ( see climate chart Magdalena ). The annual rainfall is over 1,400 mm, with a clear moisture from November to March and a dry season during the months of June to August.
Traffic network
Magdalena is located at a distance of 293 kilometers of road northwest of Trinidad, the capital of the department.
From Trinidad from the highway Ruta 9 leads with 211 kilometers to the north on San Javier and San Pedro Nuevo to San Ramón. Here branches off a dirt road to the east, reaching after 82 kilometers Magdalene and continues in a southeasterly direction leads to Huacaraje.
Population
The population of the city has increased in the last two decades by about a third: