San JoaquÃn, Bolivia
San Joaquín is a country town in the Beni Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia.
Location in near space
San Joaquín is the seat of the administration of the province Mamoré and central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) San Joaquín. The city lies at an altitude of 142 m on the left bank of the Río Machupo, which drains to the Río Iténez out.
Geography
San Joaquín is the Moxos level, with more than 100,000 km ², one of the largest wetlands in the world. The dominant vegetation type in the region of San San Joaquín is the tropical savannah.
The temperature fluctuations are low, both during the day and during the year (see climate chart San Joaquin ). The annual average temperature is about 26 ° C, the monthly average temperatures are 24-29 ° C. The annual rainfall is about 1500 mm; the months of June to August are characterized by a dry season in which evaporate the low rainfall rapidly.
Traffic network
San Joaquín is located at a distance of 244 kilometers of road north of Trinidad, capital of Beni Department.
By San Joaquin leads the 1631 km long highway Ruta 9, which crosses the entire Bolivian lowlands and Guayaramerin connects to the north on the Brazilian border with Yacuiba to the south by the Argentine border. It performs as an unpaved road from Guayaramerin between the border river Río Iténez and the Yata River to the south, crossing at Puerto Siles the Río Mamoré and reached after another 55 kilometers of San Joaquín. From there it continues over San Ramon, San Pedro Nuevo and San Javier to the department capital of Trinidad.
Population
The population of the town has risen in the past two decades by about a third: