Entre RÃos, Cochabamba
Entre Ríos is a town in the Cochabamba Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location
Entre Ríos is the central location of the in 2004 newly created district ( bolivian: Municipio) Entre Ríos province Carrasco. The city lies at an altitude of 240 m on the left bank of the Río Ichoa which opens thirteen kilometers downstream in the Río Ichilo.
Geography
Entre Ríos is located in the Bolivian lowlands to the north-eastern foothills of the Cordillera Oriental. The climate is a tropical rain climate with a pronounced rainy season.
The region has an average annual temperature of 26 ° C (see climate chart Puerto Grether ), the monthly average values are between 23 ° C in July and over 28 ° C of November to February. The average annual rainfall is 1700 mm, with monthly values between 200 and 300 mm from December to February and sufficient moisture in all months.
Traffic network
Entre Ríos is located at a distance of 265 kilometers of road east of Cochabamba, the capital of the department.
By Entre Rio the 1657 km long highway Ruta 4, which runs from Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border to the east across the country to Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border runs. From Cochabamba to reach Entre Ríos about Villa Tunari, Chimoré and Ivirgarzama, remote road continues after Warnes and Santa Cruz.
Population
The population of the town has risen in the past two decades to more than three times:
Due to the historically evolved population distribution, it presents a major proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Entre Ríos 76.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.