Santa Ana del Yacuma (also ''Santa Ana'') is a town in the

Beni Department Beni (), sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second-largest department in the country (after Santa Cruz), covering 213,564 square kilometers (82,458 sq mi), and it was cre ...

in north-eastern

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History

The Jesuit mission of Santa Ana was founded in 1719..

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Indians resided at the mission.

Location

Santa Ana is the capital of the Yacuma Province and the Santa Ana del Yacuma Municipality, located at an elevation of 144 m above sea level, where the

Yacuma River The Yacuma River is a river in Bolivia, which feeds into the Mamoré River and ultimately into the Amazon. The headwaters of the Yacuma are within the Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands. Rio Yacuma starts about east of Rurrenab ...

meets the

Mamoré River The Mamoré is a large river in Brazil and Bolivia which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon. It rises on the northern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, and is ...

. Santa Ana is located 150 Kilometer north-west of

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, the department's capital. The city has an Airport, the

Santa Ana del Yacuma Airport Santa Ana del Yacuma Airport is an airport serving the town of Santa Ana del Yacuma in the Beni Department of Bolivia. The runway is just south of the town. The Santa Ana non-directional beacon (Ident: ANA) is located on the field. Airlines and ...

, which is located just outside the city.

Population

The town population has decreased from 14,788 (

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1992) to 12,944 (census 2001) and 12,783 (2008 estimate).World Gazetteer
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Climate

The yearly precipitation of the region is 1,700 mm, with 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 ...

from May to September. Monthly average temperatures vary from 24 °C und 29 °C over the year. According to the

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system Santa Ana del Yacuma has a

Tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of ...

, abbreviated "Aw", bordering on a

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Notable residents

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, boxer * Roberto Suarez Gomez, drug lord

References

External links

* {{Jesuit Missions of Moxos Populated places in Beni Department Jesuit Missions of Moxos it:Santa Ana del Yacuma