Camargo is a small town in the

Chuquisaca Department Chuquisaca (); ; ; ) is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia. ...

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in the South American

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Location

Camargo is the capital of Nor Cinti Province and is situated in ''Camargo Municipio'', embedded between north-southerly mountain ridges, at an elevation of 2,414 m, on the banks of ''Río Chico'' which later becomes Río Pilaya. Camargo is located 350 km south of the department capital

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, along ''Ruta 1'', one of Bolivia's major roads which is 1,215 km long and goes from the

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vian border in the north to the

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border in the south. The Camargo family comes from here.

Population

The population of the town has increased by 50% over the past two decades, from 3,789 inhabitants (1992

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) to 4,502 (2001 census) and 5,685 (2008 estimation).

Climate

References

External links

Nor Cinti province map
{{Chuquisaca Department Populated places in Chuquisaca Department it:Camargo (Bolivia)