Monteagudo is a small town in South Eastern
Bolivia
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. Its name is dedicated to
Bernardo de Monteagudo Cáceres (1789-1825) who took part in the Chuquisaca revolution of 25 May 1809.
Location
Monteagudo is administrative center of the
Hernando Siles Province in the
Chuquisaca Department. It is located in the
Monteagudo Municipality on the mouth of ''Río Sauces'' into
Río Bañado, framed by mountain ridges running from North to South abounding with vegetation.
Climate
Monteagudo is situated in the humid, sub-Andean
Chaco of Bolivia. The climate in the
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system is Cwa (sub-tropical with hot summers and dry winters). The months of June to September are characterized by a distinct
dry season
The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The t ...
, while December and January can have heavy rainfalls.
History
Monteagudo was originally named Sauces and was prominent in the frequent wars between Creole (white and mixed blood) settlers, the
Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy (political entity), Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered ...
, and the independent country of Bolivia against the
Eastern Bolivian Guarani people (more commonly called Chiriguanos). In 1728, a Chiriguano army attacked Sauces, burned the church, and captured 80 Spaniards. On March 29, 1892,
Apiaguaiki Tumpa the last Chiriguano war leader was executed in Monteagudo.
Infrastructure
To the west, Monteagudo is connected with the capital of
Sucre
Sucre (; ) is the ''de jure'' capital city of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the sixth most populous city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . This relatively high ...
by the inner-Bolivian highway ''Ruta 6''. As less than one third of the road is paved, coaches take eight hours for the distance of 326 km in dry weather, while in rainy weather the outcome of the journey is uncalculable.
To the north-east, Monteagudo is connected with
Santa Cruz, the capital of the neighboring
Santa Cruz Department. The unpaved ''Ruta 6'' goes east to Ipati (104 km) and connects the town with highway ''Ruta 9'', which leads north to Santa Cruz over another 255 km of paved road.
Population
The population of Monteagudo has increased over the past decade, from 5,130 inhabitants (1992
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
) to 7,285 (2001 census). Estimations about the population figures in 2008 differ strongly, from 7,500 to 10,501 inhabitants.
World Gazetteer
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References
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External links
Populated places in Chuquisaca Department
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