Paurito is a small town in the
Santa Cruz Department in the South American
Andean Plurinational State of
Bolivia
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Location
Paurito is the central town of ''Cantón Paurito'' and is located in
Santa Cruz Municipality 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 at an elevation of 356 m fourteen kilometers west of
Río Grande, one of the largest rivers in the Bolivian lowlands.
Roads
Paurito is located 27 kilometers south-east of the departmental capital
Santa Cruz.
From Santa Cruz the tarmac road ''Ruta 4/Ruta 9'' goes 18 km east to
Cotoca
Cotoca is a canton and Municipality of Andrés Ibáñez Province in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. The municipality consists of two cantons – Cotoca itself and Puerto Pailas. In 2010 it had an estimated population of 23,951 for the canton and 56 ...
and then to
Puerto Pailas
Puerto Pailas is a canton and town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia.
Location
Puerto Pailas is the central town of ''Puerto Pailas Cantón'' and is located in Cotoca Municipality in Andrés Ibáñez ...
where it crosses the Río Grande and reaches
Pailón
Pailón is a small town in Bolivia. It is in the second municipal section of Chiquitos Province and is east of the city Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; "Holy Cross of the Mountain Range"), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is ...
on the river's eastern banks. From Pailón, ''Ruta 4'' goes further east for another 587 km before it reaches
Puerto Suárez
Puerto Suárez is an inland river port and municipality in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. It is located 10 km west of the border with Brazil.
Location
''Puerto Suárez'' is located in the province of Germán Busch, Santa Cruz Department a ...
on the
Brazilian border, while ''Ruta 9'' goes north to
Guayaramerin after 1175 km.
At Cotoca, a dirt road leaves the Rutas 4/9 in a southern direction and reaches Paurito after sixteen kilometers.
Population
The population of the place has increased rapidly over the past two decades as the following table shows:
Due to the population movements over the past decades, the region has a certain amount of
Quechua population, in the Santa Cruz Municipality 12.0 percent of the population speak the
Quechua language.
References
External links
Map of Andrés Ibáñez Province
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Populated places in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)