Montero

Montero is a city in the department of Santa Cruz in the lowlands of the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Montero is the capital of the province Obispo Santistevan and central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Montero. The city lies at an altitude of 301 m on the right bank of the River Pirai, which flows into the Río Yapacaní in the further course.

Geography

Montero is located in the humid tropical climate of the eastern edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental. The region was covered before colonization by subtropical rainforest, but today it is mostly cultivated land.

The mean average temperature of the region is just under 25 ° C, the annual precipitation is about 1300 mm (see climate chart Santa Cruz ). The monthly average temperatures vary between 20 ° C in July and 28 ° C in December, the monthly rainfall are productive and are between 40 mm and 200 mm in August in January.

Traffic network

Montero is located at a distance of 48 kilometers of road north of Santa Cruz, the capital of the department.

By Montero extend the national highways Ruta 4 and Ruta 10 The 1657 km long Ruta 4 crosses the country in the east-west direction from the Chilean to the Brazilian border, and leads by Montero from over Warnes south to the capital of the department, Santa Cruz. The Ruta 10 has a length of 774 kilometers and runs in an east-west direction, touches the northern suburbs of Montero and runs over San Ignacio de Velasco also to the Brazilian border.

Population

The population of the city has increased in recent decades to a multiple of:

Economy

The city center Montero is an agricultural region, who lives on the cultivation of soybeans, cotton, corn and rice in particular.