San Joaquín, Bolivia
Encyclopedia
San Joaquín is a small agricultural town in the Beni Department
in the Bolivia
n lowlands.
and is situated at an elevation of 142 m above sea level at Río Machupo, which flows to Río Iténez. San Joaquín is located 220 km north of Trinidad
, the department's capital.
savanna
. The yearly precipitation of the region is 1,600 mm, with a distinct dry season
from May to September. Monthly average temperatures vary from 24°C und 29°C over the year.
1992) to 4,094 (census 2001) and 4,589 (2009 estimate). San Joaquin has been the site of a Machupo virus or Bolivian Hemorragic Fever outbreak in the 1960s.
Beni Department
Beni, sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second largest department in the country , covering 213,564 square kilometers , and it was created by supreme decree on November 18, 1842 during the administration of General José...
in the Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
n lowlands.
Location
San Joaquín is the administrative capital of Mamoré ProvinceMamoré Province
Mamoré is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia.-References:...
and is situated at an elevation of 142 m above sea level at Río Machupo, which flows to Río Iténez. San Joaquín is located 220 km north of Trinidad
Trinidad, Bolivia
Trinidad, officially La Santísima Trinidad , is a city in Bolivia, capital of the department of Beni. The population is 130,000 ....
, the department's capital.
Geography
San Joaquín is located in the Moxos Plains (Llanos de Moxos), at 100,000 km² one of the greatest wetlands of the Earth. Main vegetation in the area of San Joaquín is the tropicalTropics
The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth...
savanna
Savanna
A savanna, or savannah, is a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of C4 grasses.Some...
. The yearly precipitation of the region is 1,600 mm, with a distinct dry season
Dry season
The dry season is a term commonly used when describing the weather in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which oscillates from the northern to the southern tropics over the course of the year...
from May to September. Monthly average temperatures vary from 24°C und 29°C over the year.
Population
Over the past two decades, the town's population has risen by circa 30 %, from 3,489 (censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
1992) to 4,094 (census 2001) and 4,589 (2009 estimate). San Joaquin has been the site of a Machupo virus or Bolivian Hemorragic Fever outbreak in the 1960s.