Guadalupe (Vallegrande)

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

Location in near space

Guadalupe is the central place of the Canton of Guadalupe in the municipality of Valle Grande in the province of Valle Grande and is located at an altitude of 2054 m eight kilometers south of the provincial capital of the Valle Grande.

Geography

Guadalupe is located in a valley of the Cordillera Oriental on the edge of the eastern Andes. It has its sheltered location in a spacious valley a mild climate. The economic focus of the region lies in agriculture (fruits, maize, cotton, rice and tobacco) and the livestock industry.

The average annual temperature of the region is 18 ° C (see climate chart Valle Grande) and varies only slightly between 15 ° C in July and 20 ° C from November to January. The annual rainfall is about 700 mm, with a distinct dry season from May to September, with monthly rainfall less than 25 mm, and a humidity season from December to February, more than 100 mm month precipitation.

Traffic network

Guadalupe is located at a distance of 248 kilometers of road south west of Santa Cruz, the capital of the department of the same name.

From Santa Cruz the paved highway Ruta 7 leads in a westerly direction to Cochabamba and reached after 187 kilometers above Samaipata and the small town of La Angostura Mataral. From there, the Ruta 22 branches off to the south and leads to 61 kilometers above the Valle Grande to Guadalupe and continue in the Bolivian Chaco over Masicurí after Ipitá.

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades to nearly double: