Entre Ríos, Tarija

Place in Tarija Department, Bolivia

Entre Ríos

Entre Ríos

Location in Bolivia

Coordinates: 21°31′35″S 64°10′24″W﻿ / ﻿21.52639°S 64.17333°W﻿ / -21.52639; -64.17333
Country|  Bolivia
Department| Tarija Department
Province| Burdett O'Connor Province
Population

(2007)

• Total| 2,800
Time zone| UTC-4 (BOT)

Entre Ríos (Spanish: "Between the rivers") is a town in the Bolivian Tarija Department.

## Location

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Entre Ríos is the administrative center of Burdett O'Connor Province. It is located at an altitude of 1,230 metres (4,040 ft) at the confluence of Río Tambo and one of its tributaries, 110 kilometres (68 mi) and a three-hour ride east of Tarija, the departmental capital. The town is bordered by north-southerly mountain ranges and situated in an elongated triangular hollow of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) length. It was previously called San Luis.

## Climate

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The average yearly temperature of Entre Ríos is 20.9 °C, the yearly precipitation of 1,300 mm appears mainly in the summer's wet season from January to March.

Climate data for Entre Ríos, Tarija, elevation 1,260 m (4,130 ft)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 27.4
(81.3)  | 27.4
(81.3)  | 25.9
(78.6)  | 23.6
(74.5)  | 21.6
(70.9)  | 20.7
(69.3)  | 21.7
(71.1)  | 23.9
(75.0)  | 26.2
(79.2)  | 27.8
(82.0)  | 28.1
(82.6)  | 28.3
(82.9)  | 25.2
(77.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 22.4
(72.3)  | 22.4
(72.3)  | 21.2
(70.2)  | 19.1
(66.4)  | 16.7
(62.1)  | 14.1
(57.4)  | 14.6
(58.3)  | 16.5
(61.7)  | 18.6
(65.5)  | 21.2
(70.2)  | 21.9
(71.4)  | 22.6
(72.7)  | 19.3
(66.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 17.5
(63.5)  | 17.4
(63.3)  | 16.3
(61.3)  | 14.8
(58.6)  | 11.7
(53.1)  | 7.9
(46.2)  | 7.3
(45.1)  | 9.0
(48.2)  | 10.8
(51.4)  | 14.4
(57.9)  | 15.9
(60.6)  | 16.8
(62.2)  | 13.3
(56.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 249.1
(9.81)  | 206.0
(8.11)  | 166.1
(6.54)  | 79.2
(3.12)  | 12.1
(0.48)  | 10.6
(0.42)  | 5.8
(0.23)  | 5.9
(0.23)  | 13.4
(0.53)  | 47.6
(1.87)  | 125.2
(4.93)  | 186.0
(7.32)  | 1,107
(43.59)
Average precipitation days  | 17.1  | 14.5  | 16.2  | 10.8  | 4.9  | 5.0  | 2.4  | 2.4  | 2.0  | 6.1  | 10.0  | 13.0  | 104.4
Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[1][2]

## Population

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Entre Ríos' population at the 2001 census was 2,413[citation needed] and rose to circa 2,800 people in 2007.[citation needed] The Entre Ríos region is still one of the main settlement areas of the Guaraní people who have inhabited the Paraná Basin for millennia.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Base de datos Sistema Meteorológico–SISMET" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Archived from the original on 7 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
2. ^ "índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

## External links

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* Map of province

21°31′35″S 64°10′24″W﻿ / ﻿21.52639°S 64.17333°W﻿ / -21.52639; -64.17333