Entre Ríos, Tarija

Entre Ríos (Spanish: "Between the rivers") is a town in the Bolivian Tarija Department.

Entre Ríos
Entre Ríos Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 21°31′35″S 64°10′24″W / 21.52639°S 64.17333°W / -21.52639; -64.17333
Country	Bolivia
Department	Tarija Department
Province	Burdett O'Connor Province
Population  (2007)
• Total	2,800
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Location

Entre Ríos is the administrative center of Burdett O'Connor Province. It is located at an altitude of 1,230 metres (4,040 ft) at the confluence of Río Tambo and one of its tributaries, 110 kilometres (68 mi) and a three-hour ride east of Tarija, the departmental capital. The town is bordered by north-southerly mountain ranges and situated in an elongated triangular hollow of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) length. It was previously called San Luis.

Climate

The average yearly temperature of Entre Ríos is 20.9 °C, the yearly precipitation of 1,300 mm appears mainly in the summer's wet season from January to March.

Population

Entre Ríos' population at the 2001 census was 2,413^{[citation needed]} and rose to circa 2,800 people in 2007.^{[citation needed]} The Entre Ríos region is still one of the main settlement areas of the Guaraní people who have inhabited the Paraná Basin for millennia.^{[citation needed]}

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21°31′35″S 64°10′24″W / 21.52639°S 64.17333°W / -21.52639; -64.17333