Charagua

Charagua is a country town in the department of Santa Cruz in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Charagua is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Charagua in the province of Cordillera. The city lies at an altitude of 800 m on the eastern edge of the Sierra Charagua that the city rises five kilometers west up to altitudes of 1400 m. In Charagua the Río Charagua breaks through the north- south running ridge of the Serranía Charagua and flows east toward the Río Parapeti, but its water seeps few kilometers before it reaches the river.

Geography

Charagua is in the range of the tropical climate in the South American Gran Chaco, the six-month period humidity ranges from November to April and the dry season from May to October.

The average annual temperature is 23 ° C (see climate chart Camiri ), at 17 ° to 18 ° C from June to July and about 26 ° C in November and December. The annual rainfall is about 900 mm, wettest months are December and January with 175 mm and driest months of July and August, with just under 10 mm.

Traffic network

Charagua is located 260 kilometers by road southwest of Santa Cruz, the capital of the department.

From Santa Cruz leads the paved highway Route 9 about 142 km south across Cabezas to Abapo. There, the Ruta 36 leads further to the south, reaching over San Isidro del Espino Charagua the city and continues on to Boyuibe.

The city is connected to the national air traffic over a east of the city center airstrip, which has a length of 1,200 m. In addition, east of Charagua leads past the railway from Santa Cruz to Yacuíba that has a breakpoint in which seven kilometers away Estación Charagua. From there, there are passenger connections to the north as in the south, which carry passengers in about eight and a half hours to Santa Cruz and after Yacuíba.

Population

The population of the city has increased in the past two decades by more than a third:

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, it presents a significant proportion of the Guarani population in the municipality of Charagua 48.8 percent of the population speak the Guarani language.

Photos

Municipality of Charagua

Road in Charagua

Shopping street in Charagua