Monteagudo, Bolivia facts for kids
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Monteagudo
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Monteagudo Panorama
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 Monteagudo, Bolivia
Location in Bolivia
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| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Chuquisaca |
| Province | Hernando Siles |
| Elevation | 1,133 m (3,717 ft) |
| Population
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| • Urban | 7,500 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Monteagudo is a small town located in the southeastern part of Bolivia. It is named after Bernardo de Monteagudo Cáceres. He was an important person who took part in the Chuquisaca revolution on May 25, 1809.
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Where is Monteagudo?
Monteagudo is the main town of the Hernando Siles Province. This province is part of the Chuquisaca Department. The town sits where the Río Sauces meets the Río Bañado. It is surrounded by beautiful mountain ridges that run from north to south. These mountains are full of plants and trees.
What is the Climate Like?
Monteagudo is in a humid area of Bolivia called the sub-Andean Chaco. The climate here is called Cwa in the Köppen Classification system. This means it has a sub-tropical climate with hot summers and dry winters.
From June to September, the weather is very dry. There is not much rain during these months. However, December and January can have a lot of rain.
| Climate data for Monteagudo (Monteagudo El Banado), elevation 1,117 m (3,665 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
29.7 (85.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
28.6 (83.5) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
27.7 (81.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
23 (73) |
23.8 (74.8) |
20.5 (68.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.4 (63.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
6.8 (44.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.2 (55.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 161.0 (6.34) |
162.2 (6.39) |
128.0 (5.04) |
73.1 (2.88) |
25.4 (1.00) |
15.3 (0.60) |
9.4 (0.37) |
7.4 (0.29) |
20.9 (0.82) |
62.9 (2.48) |
80.0 (3.15) |
143.8 (5.66) |
889.4 (35.02) |
| Average precipitation days | 11.2 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 90.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 70.8 | 73.0 | 74.0 | 76.6 | 76.6 | 75.4 | 68.1 | 61.1 | 58.7 | 60.0 | 63.0 | 68.7 | 68.8 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia | |||||||||||||
History of Monteagudo
Monteagudo was first called Sauces. It was an important place during many conflicts. These conflicts were between the local settlers (people of European or mixed background), the Spanish Empire, and the country of Bolivia. They also fought against the Eastern Bolivian Guarani people, who were often called Chiriguanos.
In 1728, a Chiriguano army attacked Sauces. They burned the church and captured 80 Spanish people. On March 29, 1892, Apiaguaiki Tumpa was executed in Monteagudo. He was the last war leader of the Chiriguano people.
How to Get Around: Infrastructure
To the west, Monteagudo is connected to Sucre, the capital city. This connection is made by a highway called Ruta 6. Less than one-third of this road is paved. Because of this, bus trips of 326 kilometers (about 202 miles) can take eight hours in dry weather. In rainy weather, it is hard to predict how long the journey will take.
To the northeast, Monteagudo is connected to Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz is the capital of the nearby Santa Cruz Department. The unpaved Ruta 6 goes east for 104 kilometers (about 64 miles) to Ipati. There, it connects with highway Ruta 9. This road leads north to Santa Cruz. It is another 255 kilometers (about 158 miles) of paved road.
Population Growth
The number of people living in Monteagudo has grown a lot over the last ten years. In 1992, a census counted 5,130 people. By 2001, the census showed 7,285 people. In 2008, estimates for the population were between 7,500 and 10,501 people.
See also
In Spanish: Monteagudo (Bolivia) para niños
