Santa Ana del Yacuma
{{Expand German|topic=geo|date=August 2011|Santa Ana del Yacuma}}
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Santa Ana del Yacuma (also Santa Ana) is a town in the Beni Department in north-eastern Bolivia.
History
The Jesuit mission of Santa Ana was founded in 1719.{{cite book|last=Block|first=David|year=1994|title=Mission culture on the upper Amazon: native tradition, Jesuit enterprise, and secular policy in Moxos, 1660-1880|location=Lincoln|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|ISBN=0-8032-1232-1}}. Movima Indians resided at the mission.Meireles, Denise Maldi. 1989. [http://www.etnolinguistica.org/biblio:meireles-1989-guardiaes Guardiães da fronteira: Rio Guaporé, século XVIII]. Petrópolis: Vozes. ISBN 85-326-0017-4. Today, the Movima language is still spoken in and around the town.{{cite book |editor-last=Epps |editor-first=Patience |editor-last2=Michael |editor-first2=Lev |title=Amazonian Languages: Language Isolates. Volume II: Kanoé to Yurakaré |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |location=Berlin |date=2023 |isbn=978-3-11-043273-2}}{{rp|807}}
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 meets the Mamoré River. Santa Ana is located 150 Kilometer north-west of Trinidad, the department's capital.
The city has an Airport, the Santa Ana del Yacuma Airport, which is located just outside the city.
Population
The town population has decreased from 14,788 (census 1992) to 12,944 (census 2001) and 12,783 (2008 estimate).[http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-38&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x World Gazetteer]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Climate
The yearly precipitation of the region is 1,700 mm, with a distinct dry season from May to September. Monthly average temperatures vary from 24 °C und 29 °C over the year. According to the Köppen classification system Santa Ana del Yacuma has a Tropical savanna climate, abbreviated "Aw", bordering on a Tropical monsoon climate.
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|location = Santa Ana del Yacuma, elevation {{convert|144|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Jan high C = 31.6
|Feb high C = 31.3
|Mar high C = 31.6
|Apr high C = 31.4
|May high C = 30.2
|Jun high C = 30.0
|Jul high C = 30.6
|Aug high C = 32.4
|Sep high C = 33.1
|Oct high C = 33.3
|Nov high C = 32.4
|Dec high C = 31.8
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 27.4
|Feb mean C = 27.2
|Mar mean C = 27.5
|Apr mean C = 27.0
|May mean C = 25.3
|Jun mean C = 24.3
|Jul mean C = 23.9
|Aug mean C = 25.3
|Sep mean C = 26.6
|Oct mean C = 27.6
|Nov mean C = 27.5
|Dec mean C = 27.4
| year mean C =
|Jan low C = 23.2
|Feb low C = 23.1
|Mar low C = 23.4
|Apr low C = 22.7
|May low C = 20.3
|Jun low C = 18.6
|Jul low C = 17.2
|Aug low C = 18.2
|Sep low C = 20.0
|Oct low C = 21.9
|Nov low C = 22.5
|Dec low C = 23.0
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 254.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 246.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 205.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 134.4
|May precipitation mm = 77.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 30.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 24.6
|Aug precipitation mm = 31.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 81.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 141.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 197.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 233.0
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| Jan precipitation days = 13.6
| Feb precipitation days = 13.2
| Mar precipitation days = 11.4
| Apr precipitation days = 7.3
| May precipitation days = 5.5
| Jun precipitation days = 2.7
| Jul precipitation days = 2.0
| Aug precipitation days = 2.2
| Sep precipitation days = 4.4
| Oct precipitation days = 7.6
| Nov precipitation days = 9.5
| Dec precipitation days = 11.9
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| Jan humidity = 76.6
| Feb humidity = 77.7
| Mar humidity = 77.0
| Apr humidity = 75.4
| May humidity = 73.0
| Jun humidity = 71.0
| Jul humidity = 65.8
| Aug humidity = 60.5
| Sep humidity = 60.8
| Oct humidity = 66.3
| Nov humidity = 71.1
| Dec humidity = 77.3
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|source 1 = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180607025840/http://senamhi.gob.bo/index.php/sismet
| archive-date = 7 June 2018
| url = http://senamhi.gob.bo/index.php/sismet
| title = Base de datos Sistema Meteorológico–SISMET
| publisher = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia
| language = es
| access-date = 15 June 2024}}
{{cite web
| url = https://www.scribd.com/document/542708736/Indices-Agrometeorologicos-149-Estaciones
| title = índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia
| publisher = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia
| language = es
| access-date = 15 June 2024}}
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Notable residents
- Saul Farrah, boxer
- Angélica Larrea, Afro-Bolivian queen
- Roberto Suárez Gómez, drug lord
References
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External links
- {{Cite web|title=Detailed map of Yacuma Province|publisher=La Comisión para la Gestión Integral del Agua en Bolivia (CGIAB)|url=http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/beni/yacuma.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040408185903/http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/beni/yacuma.htm|archivedate=8 April 2004|url-status=dead}}
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{{Jesuit Missions of Moxos}}
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Category:Populated places in Beni Department