Puerto Gonzalo Moreno

Puerto Gonzalo Moreno is a village in the department of Pando in the lowlands of the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Puerto Gonzalo Moreno is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Puerto Gonzalo Moreno and the Prefecture of the province of Madre de Dios. The village is located in Canton Agua Dulce at an altitude of 139 m on the left bank of the Río Beni, thirty-four km before the confluence of the Río Madre de Dios.

Geography

Puerto Gonzalo Moreno is located in the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin on one of the tributaries of the Rio Madeira.

The mean average temperature of the region is 26 ° C (see climate chart Riberalta ) and varies only slightly between about 25 ° C from April to August and nearly 28 ° C in December. The annual rainfall is about 1,300 mm, with a pronounced dry season from June to August month precipitation less than 20 mm, and a humidity time from December to January, with over 200 mm month precipitation.

Traffic network

Puerto Gonzalo Moreno is 300 line kilometers and 458 kilometers by road east of Cobija, the capital of the department.

From Cobija from the 370 km long highway Ruta 13 leads east to El Choro, from there the Ruta 8 about 69 km north to the city Riberalta on the right bank of the Río Beni opposite the mouth of the Río Madre de Dios. From Riberalta from then perform two unpaved road short pieces and a crossing of the Río Beni in a westerly direction over Las Piedras directly by Gonzalo Moreno.

Population

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