San Ramón, Beni
Encyclopedia
Location
San Ramón is the seat of the San Ramón Municipality and is situated in the San Ramón CantonSan Ramón Canton
San Ramón is the name of the second canton in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of , and has a population of 72,568...
in Mamoré Province
Mamoré Province
Mamoré is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia.-References:...
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The town is located at an elevation of 139 m on the right banks of Río Machupo, a headwater of Iténez River
Guaporé River
Rio Guaporé is the name of a river in western Brazil along the Bolivian border. Its Bolivian name is Río Iténez.The river has its source in the Brazilian Mato Grosso circa 150 km northeast of Pontes e Lacerda. From this town on it flows in a westerly direction for about 120 km, where at...
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San Ramón is bordered to the east by "Laguna Grande" (Great Lake), which has a length of 2,600 m and a width of 1,600 m.
Geography
San Ramón is situated in the Bolivian Lowlands in the Moxos PlainsBeni savanna
The Beni savanna, also known as the Moxos plains, is a tropical savanna ecoregion of northern Bolivia.-Setting:The Beni savanna covers an area of in the lowlands of northern Bolivia, with small portions in neighboring Brazil and Peru. Most of the Beni savanna lies within the departments of El...
, at more than 100,000 square kilometers one of the largest wetlands worldwide. The ecosystem of the San Ramón region is that of the tropical
Tropics
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 in this region is circa 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. The monthly temperature averages over the year are between 24° C and 29° C.
Transport network
San Ramón is located 211 km north of TrinidadTrinidad, 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.
San Ramón is passed by the Bolivian interstate Ruta 9, which crosses the complete Bolivian lowlands and connects Guayaramerin
Guayaramerín
Guayaramerín is a city within the Bolivian Beni Department. It is the capital of the Guayaramerín Municipality in the Vaca Díez Province. Guayaramerín is located on the left side of Mamoré River, facing the Brazilian city of Guajará-Mirim. It is a port in which there is a permanent port of the...
in the north on the Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian border with Yacuiba
Yacuíba
Yacuiba is a city in southern Bolivia and the capital city of Gran Chaco Province in the Tarija Department. It lies three kilometers from the Argentine border. It has a population of approximately 80,000 and lies above sea level. ıt was part of Salta Province of Argentina until its cession to...
in the south on the Argentine border.
Starting at Guayaramerin it passes Paraíso, Puerto Siles
Puerto Siles
Puerto Siles is a town in the Mamoré Province in the Beni Department of northern Bolivia. It is the capital of the Puerto Siles Municipality..It is located around a lake.-External links:*...
and San Joaquín before it reaches San Ramón and continues along San Pedro and San Javier
San Javier, Beni
San Javier is a small town in Bolivia....
to the capital Trinidad. From San Ramón a secondary road leads to the east and passes Magdalena
Magdalena, Beni
Magdalena is a town in the Beni Department in northern Bolivia. It is the capital of the Iténez Province and the Magdalena Municipality.....
and Bella Vista at Río Iténez before it reaches the Brazilian border.
On the eastern edge of San Ramón there is San Ramón Airport with a 1,930 m dirt strip, which is registered as SLRA in the ICAO airport code
ICAO airport code
The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...
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Population
Over the past two decades, the population figure has risen by 60 percent.It amounted to 3,427 inhabitants at the 1992 census, 4,431 inhabitants at the 2001 census, and is estimated by 5,385 inhabitants at 2009.