Puente San Pablo

Puente San Pablo is a country town in the Beni Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Puente San Pablo is the largest town in the county ( bolivian: municipality ) in the Province of San Andrés Marbán. The city lies at an altitude of 177 m on the left bank of the Río San Pablo, the middle reaches of the 1493 km long Rio Itonomas, which flows 600 km downstream in the Río Iténez.

Geography

Puente San Pablo lies in the eastern part of the Bolivian lowlands, the San Pablo region has a year-round tropical hot and humid climate.

The average annual temperature is 26 ° C (see climate chart Trinidad ), with the average monthly temperatures between June / July distinguish good 23 ° C and October / December by almost 28 ° C only slightly. The annual rainfall is nearly 2000 mm and is thus more than twice as high as the precipitation in Central Europe. Maximum values ​​to February are about 300 mm in the months of December low values ​​of about 50 mm in July / August over.

Traffic network

Puente San Pablo is located at a distance of 135 kilometers of road south-east of Trinidad, the capital of the department.

The city is located on the 1631 km long highway Route 9 connecting the Bolivian lowlands of San José de Pocitos in the south with Guayaramerin in the north. The Ruta 9 is paved only from Pocitos about Santa Cruz and Puente San Pablo to Trinidad, the further course of the road is unpaved.

Population

The population of Puente San Pablo has risen in the past two decades to nearly three times: