San Ramón, Beni | |
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  San Ramón, Beni Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates:13°16′02″S64°37′02″W / 13.26722°S 64.61722°W /-13.26722; -64.61722 | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department |  Beni Department |
| Province | Mamoré Province |
| Municipality | San Ramón Municipality |
| Canton | San Ramón Canton |
| Elevation | 456 ft (139 m) |
| Population (2009)est. | |
• Total | 5,385 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
San Ramón is a small town in theBeni Department inBolivia.
San Ramón is the seat of theSan Ramón Municipality and is situated in theSan Ramón Canton inMamoré Province. The town is located at an elevation of 139 m on the right banks ofRío Machupo, a headwater ofIténez River.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.
San Ramón is situated in the Bolivian Lowlands in theMoxos Plains, at more than 100,000 square kilometers one of the largestwetlands worldwide. The ecosystem of the San Ramón region is that of thetropicalsavanna. The yearly precipitation in this region is circa 1,600 mm,[1] with a distinctdry season from May to September. The monthly temperature averages over the year are between 24 °C and 29 °C.
San Ramón is located 211 km north ofTrinidad, the Department's capital.
San Ramón is passed by the Bolivian interstateRuta 9, which crosses the complete Bolivian lowlands and connectsGuayaramerin in the north on theBrazilian border withYacuiba in the south on theArgentine border.Starting at Guayaramerin it passesParaíso,Puerto Siles andSan Joaquín before it reaches San Ramón and continues alongSan Pedro andSan Javier to the capital Trinidad. From San Ramón a secondary road leads to the east and passesMagdalena andBella Vista at Río Iténez before it reaches the Brazilian border.
On the eastern edge of San Ramón there isSan Ramón Airport with a 1,930 m dirt strip, which is registered as SLRA in theICAO airport code.
Over the past two decades, the population figure has risen by 60 percent.
It amounted to 3,427 inhabitants at the 1992 census,[2] 4,431 inhabitants at the 2001 census,[3] and is estimated by 5,385 inhabitants at 2009.[4]
| Climate data for San Ramón, elevation 139 m (456 ft), (1981–2015) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.5 (97.7) | 36.0 (96.8) | 36.4 (97.5) | 37.4 (99.3) | 36.8 (98.2) | 37.4 (99.3) | 39.7 (103.5) | 39.2 (102.6) | 40.0 (104.0) | 39.6 (103.3) | 38.2 (100.8) | 36.9 (98.4) | 40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.7 (89.1) | 30.7 (87.3) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.7 (89.1) | 33.3 (91.9) | 33.8 (92.8) | 33.8 (92.8) | 32.5 (90.5) | 31.9 (89.4) | 32.1 (89.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.9 (80.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.4 (75.9) | 25.6 (78.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.5 (79.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 20.3 (68.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 17.2 (63.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 20.1 (68.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.5 (72.5) | 20.9 (69.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.0 (62.6) | 14.5 (58.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 8.8 (47.8) | 2.0 (35.6) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.0 (44.6) | 10.2 (50.4) | 11.8 (53.2) | 12.0 (53.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 2.0 (35.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 242.2 (9.54) | 228.2 (8.98) | 205.9 (8.11) | 103.6 (4.08) | 53.8 (2.12) | 22.4 (0.88) | 22.4 (0.88) | 28.3 (1.11) | 57.8 (2.28) | 121.8 (4.80) | 181.2 (7.13) | 229.1 (9.02) | 1,496.7 (58.93) |
| Average precipitation days | 15.3 | 14.1 | 13.1 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 13.7 | 97.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 80.2 | 80.5 | 80.0 | 77.4 | 75.4 | 72.0 | 64.6 | 60.6 | 62.7 | 68.7 | 75.2 | 78.4 | 73.0 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[5][6] | |||||||||||||
13°16′02″S64°37′02″W / 13.26722°S 64.61722°W /-13.26722; -64.61722
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