Padilla, Bolivia

Padilla is a country town in the department of Chuquisaca in the South American Andes State of Bolivia. The original name of the city was San Miguel de La Laguna, later it was renamed San Juan de Rodas and La Laguna.

Location in near space

Padilla is the seat of the administration of the province Tomina and central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Padilla. The city lies at an altitude of 2086 m in one of the side valleys on the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Cordillera Central.

Geography

Padilla is located in the transition zone between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands.

The mean average temperature of the region is about 18 ° C (see climate chart Padilla ) and varies only slightly from 14.5 ° C in June and July and about 20 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is about 650 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to August, month rainfall below 10 mm, and a humidity season from December to February, 110-120 mm monthly rainfall.

Traffic network

Padilla lies at a distance of 187 kilometers of road east of the Departamento Capital Sucre.

The city is located on the 976 km long highway Ruta 6 connecting Sucre with the Bolivian lowlands and the local metropolis of Santa Cruz. The road to Sucre is unattached to the 120 kilometers from Padilla to Tarabuco and contributes only then an asphalt surface.

Population

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

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, it presents a significant proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Padilla 20.3 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.