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GENERAL INFORMATION
Santa Cruz has grown very quikly over the last 50 years. Santa Cruz de la Sierra offers a range of contrasts with her wide avenues and covered or elevated sidewalks of the colonial time.
Founded the 26th of February of 1561 by the Spanish conquistador Ñuflo de Chávez. The inhabitants of Santa Cruz, also known as “Cambas” are friendly and open and they feel a deep love for their country.
Because Brazil is so nearby, the carnival of Santa Cruz is similar in extravagance of luxury and beautiful women as in Rio de Janeiro.
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| This department this located in the East of Bolivia and occupies 30% of the total surface of the country. |
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| ALTITUDE: |
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413 meters on the level of the sea. |
| SURFACE: |
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370.621 Km2. |
| CLIMATE : |
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Warm most time of the year |
| TEMPERATURE : |
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27 oC |
| CAPITAL : |
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Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| POPULATION : |
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1.351.000 habitants |
| DIVISION : |
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15 provinces y 19 cantones |
RESOURCES :
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Petroleum, gas, iron, Wood, precious stones, great plantations sugar cane, cotton, soya, in addition to cattle ranch. |
| ETHNIC GROUPS: |
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Guranies, sirionos, chiquitanos, chiriguanos, chaneses,
yuquis, etc. |
PROVINCES :
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Andrés Ibáñez, Florida, Vallegrande, Manuel Ma. Caballero,
Warnes, Obispo Santiestevan, Sara, Ichilo, Chiquitos, Ñuflo de Chávez, Velasco, Ángel Sandoval, German Busch, Cordillera, y Guarayos. |
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Samaipata, Vallegrande, Comarapa, Warnes, Montero,
Portachuelo, Buena Vista, San José, Concepción, San Ignacio, San Matías, Puerto Suárez, Lagunillas, Ascensión. |
| WATER : |
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Drinkable if sanitized |
| MORNING EDITIONS : |
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El Mundo, El Deber, El DIA |
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