Santa Rosa de Yacuma is a small town in the Amazon pampas of the Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

n 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...

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Location

Santa Rosa de Yacuma is the administrative center of the Santa Rosa Municipality in 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...

. It is located on the left banks of Yacuma River

Yacuma River

The Yacuma River is a river in Bolivia....

, 230 km north-west of Trinidad

Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...

, the department's capital. Nearest towns are Reyes, Bolivia

Reyes, Bolivia

Reyes is the city capital of the José Ballivián Province in the Beni Department of northern Bolivia and as well as of the Reyes Municipality..Reyes is located 32 kilometres from Rurrenabaque south west on the Beni River, and flights to Rurrenabaque may then be diverted to Reyes. Nuvia Montenegro,...

, a two hours' drive on a poor road to the south-west, and 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...

 100 km to the south-west.

West of Santa Rosa there is a fresh water lake of 7 km length and 4 km width, and 20 km north-west of the town there is 155 km² large Laguna Rogagua

Laguna Rogagua

Laguna Rogagua is a lake in the pampas area in the northern Bolivia, in the José Ballivián Province of the Beni Department.Laguna Rogagua and some smaller lakes are north of Santa Rosa, Beni, Bolivia, and north east of Rurrenabaque and Reyes, Bolivia...

, together with the pampas at Yacuma River popular tourist destinations in the region.

Population

In the 2001 census

Census

A 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...

, Santa Rosa had a population of 4,319 inhabitants in the 2001 census

Census

A 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...

, and an estimated 4.831 in 2008.

External links

• Map of province
• http://picasaweb.google.com/benianito/SANTAROSADELYACUMABENIBOLIVIA02# fotos de Santa Rosa del Yacuma Beni , Bolivia