San José is a small town in the
Santa Cruz Department
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in the South American
Andean
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Republic of
Bolivia
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.
Location
San José is the central town of ''Cantón San José'' and is located in
La Guardia Municipality
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in
Andrés Ibáñez Province
Andrés Ibáñez Province is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department, situated in the western part of the department. Its capital is Santa Cruz de la Sierra which is also the capital of the department.
The province was ...
. It is situated on the right banks of
Río Piraí
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at an elevation of 507 m, south of the nearest town,
La Guardia, and north of
Santa Rita.
Roads
San José is located 26 kilometers south-west of the departmental capital
Santa Cruz.
From the centre of Santa Cruz, Grigota Avenue (''Ruta 7'') leads to the south-west, passes La Guardia and further leads to San José.
From there, ''Ruta 7'' goes on to
La Angostura,
Samaipata,
Comarapa and
Cochabamba
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.
Population
The population of the town has increased rapidly over the past two decades:
*1992: 1,415 inhabitants
*2001: 2,045 inhabitants
*2009: 2,791 inhabitants
Due to the population movements over the past decades, the region has a certain amount of
Quechua
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population, in La Guardia Municipality 17.1 percent of the population speak the
Quechua language
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.
INE Social data Santa Cruz 2001
References
External links
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Populated places in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)