Pampa Grande
Pampa Grande ( or " Pampa Grande " ) ( Quechua: " Hatun Pampa ") is a village in the department of Santa Cruz in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
Pampa Grande is the central place of the homonymous district ( bolivian: Municipio) Pampa Grande in the province of Florida. The village lies in the eastern Andes Mountains at an altitude of 1291 meters in the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental at the headwaters of the Río Los Negros, which flows into the Río Yapacaní in the further course.
Geography
Pampa Grande is located in the transition zone between the Andes mountain range, the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands. The climate of the region is semiarid warm and balanced, because of the altitude but less hot and humid than the nearby lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is 24.5 ° C (see climate chart Pampa Grande) and varies only slightly between 21 ° C in July and 26 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is about 650 mm, with a very pronounced dry season from May to October month rainfall below 20 mm, and a brief humidity from December to February, 100 to 120 mm month precipitation.
Traffic network
Pampa Grande is located at a distance of 176 kilometers of road southwest of the capital of the department of Santa Cruz between the cities of Los Negros and Mataral.
By Pampa Grande leads the 488 km long highway Ruta 7, which connects the two cities of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. The paved Ruta 7 leads from Santa Cruz on La Guardia and La Angostura to Samaipata and then continue on Mairana and Los Negros to Pampa Grande. To the west, the road continues over Mataral, Comarapa and Epizana after Sacaba and Cochabamba.
Population
The population of the town has risen in the past two decades to more than double:
Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region still has a certain amount of Quechua population in the municipality of Pampa Grande 11.7 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Photo Gallery
Lehmbedeckte road
Washed main road
Overlooking the main street