Mora (Cordillera)

Mora (also: Ingenio Mora ) is a country town in the department of Santa Cruz in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Mora is the third largest town in the county ( bolivian: Municipio) Cabezas in the province of Cordillera. The village lies at an altitude of 516 m between the towns of Río Seco and Villa Simón Bolívar.

Geography

Mora is located on the southeastern edge of the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental in the area of ​​sub-tropical climate and is characterized by a six-month dry season that extends from May to October.

The average temperature of the region is about 24 ° C (see climate chart Cabezas ), the monthly values ​​vary between 20 ° C in June and July and 27 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is 800 mm, wettest months are January and February with 130 mm and driest months of July and August with less than 20 mm long-term average.

Traffic network

Mora is located at a distance of 84 kilometers of road south of Santa Cruz, the capital of the department of the same name.

From Santa Cruz the paved highway Route 9 leads in a southerly direction over Mora to Cabezas, Abapo, Ipitá and Villa Montes Yacuíba according to the Bolivian border to Argentina.

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, the region still has a certain percentage of indigenous population: in the municipality Cabezas 9.0 percent of the population, the Quechua and 6.8 percent speak the Guarani language.