San Borja, Bolivia
Encyclopedia
Location
San Borja is the seat of the San Borja MunicipalitySan Borja Municipality
San Borja is the second municipal section of the José Ballivián Province in the Beni Department of Bolivia. The seat of the municipality is the town of San Borja.- Languages :...
, the second municipal section
Municipalities of Bolivia
Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...
of the José Ballivián Province
José Ballivián Province
José Ballivián is a province of the Beni Department in northern Bolivia. It is named for José Ballivián, a general and former president of Bolivia who lived from 1805 until 1852. The province has a north-south extent...
. The town is located at an elevation of 197 m on the left bank of Río Maniqui, a tributary of Río Rapulo
Rápulo River
Rápulo River also Ráputo River is a river in El Beni Department, Bolivia....
which flows into Río Mamoré.
Transport
By road, San Borja is situated 230 km west of the department's capital, Trinidad.San Borja is connected towards the southwest with Yucumo situated on the road and a bus route La Paz
La Paz
Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra...
- Yolosa/Coroico
Coroico
Coroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia.-History:Coroico Viejo was founded above the Kori Huayco River...
- Caranavi
Caranavi
Caranavi is the capital of the Caranavi Province in the Yungas region of Bolivia, South America. On 23 December 2009, part of the province was detached from the municipality of Caranavi to become the municipality of Alto Beni.-Geography:...
- Rurrenabaque
Rurrenabaque
Rurrenabaque is a small town in the North of Bolivia on the Beni River. It is the capital of Rurrenabaque Municipality. In recent years it has become popular with international tourism as it is an easy gateway for visits to Madidi National Park , as well as the surrounding pampas...
. Yucumo is halfway between Caranavi and Rurrenabaque. Towards the east of San Borja Route 3 leads to San Ignacio de Moxos
San Ignacio de Moxos
San Ignacio de Moxos is a town in the Beni Department of northern Bolivia.-Location:San Ignacio is the capital of the Moxos Province and is situated at an elevation of 144 m above sea level at Laguna Isiboro, a lake of 20 km² west of the town...
and farther to Trinidad
Trinidad, Bolivia
Trinidad, officially La Santísima Trinidad , is a city in Bolivia, capital of the department of Beni. The population is 130,000 ....
, the capital of the Beni Department
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 , covering 213,564 square kilometers , and it was created by supreme decree on November 18, 1842 during the administration of General José...
.
The airport of San Borja has regular services from two airlines: Línea Aérea Amaszonas
Amaszonas
Línea Aérea Amaszonas, often shortened to Amaszonas, is an airline in Bolivia, operating scheduled and chartered short-haul, low-volume passenger flights throughout the Northern and North Eastern regions of the country. The company was founded in 2000...
and TAM - Transporte Aéreo Militar
TAM - Transporte Aereo Militar
TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar is an airline based in La Paz, Bolivia. It is the civilian wing of the Bolivian Air Force, operating passenger services to remote towns and communities in the North and Northeast of Bolivia....
(the Bolivian Military Airline)
Population
The town's population has increased strongly over the past three decades:- 1976: 4,613 inhabitants (censusCensusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
) - 1992: 11,072 inhabitants (census)
- 2001: 16,273 inhabitants (census)
- 2010: 24,610 inhabitants (est.)
In spite of high migration figures over the past decades, the town still has a noteworthy percentage of indigenous population; 17.7 percent of the San Borja Municipality population speak local indigenous languages.
Maps
- www.mirabolivia.com/mapas (four different types)
- www.mirabolivia.com/mapa_muestra.php?id_mapa=12 (road map sheet showing San Borja and Yucumo)