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Villa Yapacaní
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Yapacaní (or Villa Yapacaní) is the largest city in the province of Ichilo in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz. It lies on the west bank of the Yapacani River, at the mouth of the Surutú River, 100 km north-west of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the largest city in Bolivia. It is the centre of the district of Yapacaní Municipio. Prior to its foundation on 23 August 1953, there was a military post called El Comando.
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Place details
- Locality
- Municipio Yapacaní
- Region
- Santa Cruz
- Country
- Bolivia
- Population
- 18,187
- Timezone
- America/La_Paz
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.official_name
- Yapacaní
- Settlement.native_name
- Villa Yapacaní
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Santa Fe de Yapacaní y Río Yapacaní - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 240px
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bolivia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Bolivia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ichilo
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- August 23, 1953
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 26270
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Yapacaní
- Demonym
- Yapacanense
- Country
- Bolivia
- Located in
- Ichilo Province
- Population
- 57683
- Elevation
- 296
- Body of water
- Yapacaní River
- Image
- Santa Fe de Yapacaní y Río Yapacaní - panoramio.jpg
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- different from
- Yapacani
- P12749
- Charles Dickens
- inception
- 1958-05-01
- native label
- Yapacaní
- language used
- Spanish
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
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- Economy
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Yapacaní (or Villa Yapacaní) is the largest city in the province of Ichilo in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz. It lies on the west bank of the Yapacani River, at the mouth of the Surutú River, 100 km north-west of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the largest city in Bolivia. It is the centre of the district of Yapacaní Municipio. Prior to its foundation on 23 August 1953, there was a military post called El Comando.
In 1963, the road west from Montero stopped at the Yapacaní River. Previous efforts at bridge building were unsuccessful and the only way to get to Villa Busch, the administrative camp for the colony, was by boat. If the river was running high, it was necessary to delay crossing up to three or four days. The trip from Villa Busch to the colony was best made by foot as vehicles became bogged down and could not cross log foot bridges.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Villa Yapacaní” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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