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Entre Ríos
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Entre Ríos, Tarija is located in Bolivia
Entre Ríos, Tarija
Entre Ríos, Tarija
Location in Bolivia
Country Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Department Tarija Department
Province Burdett O'Connor Province
Population
 (2007)
 • Total 2,800
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

Entre Ríos (Spanish: "Between the rivers") is a town in the Bolivian Tarija Department.

Location

Entre Ríos is the administrative center of Burdett O'Connor Province. It is located at an altitude of 1,230 metres (4,040 ft) at the confluence of Río Tambo and one of its tributaries, 110 kilometres (68 mi) and a three-hour ride east of Tarija, the departmental capital. The town is bordered by north-southerly mountain ranges and situated in an elongated triangular hollow of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) length. It was previously called San Luis.

Climate

The average yearly temperature of Entre Ríos is 20.9 °C, the yearly precipitation of 1,300 mm appears mainly in the summer's wet season from January to March.

Climate data for Entre Ríos, Tarija, elevation 1,260 m (4,130 ft)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 27.4
(81.3)
27.4
(81.3)
25.9
(78.6)
23.6
(74.5)
21.6
(70.9)
20.7
(69.3)
21.7
(71.1)
23.9
(75.0)
26.2
(79.2)
27.8
(82.0)
28.1
(82.6)
28.3
(82.9)
25.2
(77.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 22.4
(72.3)
22.4
(72.3)
21.2
(70.2)
19.1
(66.4)
16.7
(62.1)
14.1
(57.4)
14.6
(58.3)
16.5
(61.7)
18.6
(65.5)
21.2
(70.2)
21.9
(71.4)
22.6
(72.7)
19.3
(66.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 17.5
(63.5)
17.4
(63.3)
16.3
(61.3)
14.8
(58.6)
11.7
(53.1)
7.9
(46.2)
7.3
(45.1)
9.0
(48.2)
10.8
(51.4)
14.4
(57.9)
15.9
(60.6)
16.8
(62.2)
13.3
(56.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 249.1
(9.81)
206.0
(8.11)
166.1
(6.54)
79.2
(3.12)
12.1
(0.48)
10.6
(0.42)
5.8
(0.23)
5.9
(0.23)
13.4
(0.53)
47.6
(1.87)
125.2
(4.93)
186.0
(7.32)
1,107
(43.59)
Average precipitation days 17.1 14.5 16.2 10.8 4.9 5.0 2.4 2.4 2.0 6.1 10.0 13.0 104.4
Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia

Population

Entre Ríos' population at the 2001 census was 2,413 and rose to circa 2,800 people in 2007. The Entre Ríos region is still one of the main settlement areas of the Guaraní people who have inhabited the Paraná Basin for millennia.

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