Paurito
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| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department |  Santa Cruz Department |
| Province | Andrés Ibáñez Province |
| Elevation | 1,168 ft (356 m) |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 2,113 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Paurito is a small town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean Plurinational State of Bolivia.
Location
[edit | edit source]Paurito is the central town of Cantón Paurito and is located in Santa Cruz Municipality in Andrés Ibáñez Province. It is situated at an elevation of 356 m fourteen kilometers west of Río Grande, one of the largest rivers in the Bolivian lowlands.
Roads
[edit | edit source]Paurito is located 27 kilometers south-east of the departmental capital Santa Cruz. From Santa Cruz, the tarmac road Ruta 4/Ruta 9 goes 18 km east to Cotoca and then to Puerto Pailas where it crosses the Río Grande and reaches Pailón on the river's eastern banks. From Pailón, Ruta 4 goes further east for another 587 km before it reaches Puerto Suárez on the Brazilian border, while Ruta 9 goes north to Guayaramerin after 1175 km. At Cotoca, a dirt road leaves the Rutas 4/9 in a southern direction and reaches Paurito after sixteen kilometers.
Population
[edit | edit source]The population of Paurito has increased rapidly over the past two decades as the following table shows:[needs update]
| Population development | |
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| Year | Inhabitants |
| 1992[1] | 1 027 |
| 2001[2] | 1 548 |
| 2009[3] | 2 113 |
Due to the population movements over the past decades, the region has a certain amount of Quechua population, in the Santa Cruz Municipality 12.0 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
References
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- ^ 2001 census (INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia)[permanent dead link]
- ^ 2009 est. (World Gazetteer)[dead link]
External links
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