San Andrés, Marbán

San Andrés is a town in the Beni Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

San Andrés is the central place of the district ( bolivian: municipality ) in the Province of San Andrés Marbán. The village lies at an altitude of 163 m on the right bank of the Río Ibaré, a right tributary of the Río Mamoré.

Geography

San Andrés is located in the Bolivian lowlands in the Moxos level, with more than 100,000 km ², one of the largest wetlands in the world. The dominant vegetation type in the region of San Andrés is the tropical savannah.

The average annual temperature is 26 ° C (see climate chart Trinidad ), with the average monthly temperatures between June / July distinguish good 23 ° C and October / December by almost 28 ° C only slightly. The annual rainfall is nearly 2000 mm and is thus more than twice as high as the precipitation in Central Europe. Maximum values ​​to February are about 300 mm in the months of December low values ​​of about 50 mm in July / August over.

Traffic network

San Andrés is located at a distance of 37 kilometers of road south-east of Trinidad, the capital of the department.

From San Andrés leads a dirt road in a westerly direction six kilometers to the neighboring San Lorenzo, thence in a northwesterly direction over Sachojere to the city of Trinidad.

About Trinidad San Andrés is connected to the rest of the country: From here, the highway Ruta 3 leads in a westerly direction on the Bolivian Altiplano to La Paz; the north- south - running Route 9 connects Trinidad Guayaramerin in the northeast of the country and on the lowland city of Santa Cruz with Yacuíba on the Argentine border.

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades by about a quarter: