Ascención de Guarayos

Ascención de Guarayos (also: Ascension of Guarayos or short Ascención ) is a town in the department of Santa Cruz in the lowlands of the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Ascención is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Ascención de Guarayos and capital of the province Guarayos. The city Ascención lies at an altitude of 252 m on the right bank of the Río Sapoco and is the starting point of colonization in the northern part of the department of Santa Cruz.

Geography

Ascención is the Moxos level ( bolivian: Llanos de Moxos ), one of more than 100,000 square kilometers of flood savannah in the northern lowlands of Bolivia. The region's climate is a semi- humid climate of the warm tropics.

The mean average temperature of the region is about 25 ° C (see climate chart Urubicha ) and varies only slightly between 22 ° C in June and July and 27 ° C from October to February. The annual rainfall is about 1150 mm, with a weak dry season from June to September, with monthly rainfall of 45 mm, and a significant moisture from November to March, monthly rainfall between 140 and 200 mm.

Traffic network

Ascención lies at a distance of 291 kilometers of road north of Santa Cruz, the capital of the department.

From Santa Cruz from the paved highway Route 9, together with the Ruta 4 first in an easterly direction over Cotoca to Puerto Pailas, crossed the Rio Grande and disconnects located 14 kilometers later in Pailón. From here, the Ruta 9 carries a total of 1175 kilometers north to Guayaramerin and reached after 230 kilometers Ascención.

Population

The population of the city has experienced rapid growth in recent decades: