Magdalena (Beni)

Magdalena is a town in the Beni Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Magdalena is a central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Magdalena and seat of the administration of the province Iténez. The city lies at an altitude of 144 m on the left, the western shore of the Río Itonomas which flows in a northerly direction and flows 225 km downstream in the Río Iténez.

Geography

Magdalena is located in the Bolivian lowlands almost one hundred kilometers south-west of the border with Brazil. The air in the room Magdalena is characterized by a typical for the tropics balanced temperature curve with only minor fluctuations.

The annual mean temperature is close to 27 ° C, the monthly values ​​vary between 25 ° C in June / July and 28 ° C in the month of October ( see climate chart Magdalena ). The annual rainfall is over 1,400 mm, with a clear moisture from November to March and a dry season during the months of June to August.

Traffic network

Magdalena is located at a distance of 293 kilometers of road northwest of Trinidad, the capital of the department.

From Trinidad from the highway Ruta 9 leads with 211 kilometers to the north on San Javier and San Pedro Nuevo to San Ramón. Here branches off a dirt road to the east, reaching after 82 kilometers Magdalene and continues in a southeasterly direction leads to Huacaraje.

Population

The population of the city has increased in the last two decades by about a third: