Camiri
City in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
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Camiri (Camirito, La Bomba, Choreti, Capital Petrolera de Bolivia) is a city in Bolivia, Santa Cruz Department, Cordillera Province. It is the seat of the Camiri Municipality. The town has an estimated population of 65,897 inhabitants,[1] also known as "Camireños." Camiri is on the banks of the Parapeti River in a small valley surrounded by rolling hills on the east, north, and south, and by the Aguarague mountain range on the west.
Camiri | |
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City | |
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| Nickname: "Capital Petrolera de Bolivia" | |
  Camiri Location in Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 20°6′0″S 63°32′0″W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department |  Santa Cruz Department |
| Province | Cordillera Province |
| Municipality | Camiri Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 22 km2 (8.5 sq mi) |
| • Land | 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 812 m (2,664 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 35,712 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
| Area code | +591 3952 |
| Climate | Cwa |
| Website | Official website |
Camiri's Chaco ecosystem encompasses subtropical dry forests with low canopy, and intense xerophilic overgrowth with a large diversity of wildlife.
On February 3, 2007, local protesters shut down a natural gas pipeline in Camiri that serves southern Bolivia. The protesters were seeking an expansion of the nationalization of the natural gas industry and a renewal of the promise of construction of facilities for YPFB, the national petroleum company.
Climate
Camiri has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa).
| Climate data for Camiri (Camiri Airport), elevation 810 m (2,660 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.5 (85.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.8 (89.2) |
28.7 (83.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.3 (77.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.4 (77.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.1 (64.6) |
16.1 (61.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
9.2 (48.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 159.9 (6.30) |
141.1 (5.56) |
110.8 (4.36) |
58.3 (2.30) |
23.0 (0.91) |
12.0 (0.47) |
7.5 (0.30) |
6.1 (0.24) |
18.0 (0.71) |
37.1 (1.46) |
71.5 (2.81) |
146.8 (5.78) |
792.1 (31.2) |
| Average precipitation days | 10.1 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 9.3 | 76.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 71.0 | 72.8 | 74.9 | 76.3 | 76.3 | 72.6 | 64.5 | 54.7 | 51.4 | 56.3 | 59.8 | 66.9 | 66.5 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[2][3] | |||||||||||||