Tarija, also known as San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarixa, is a city in southern Bolivia founded in 1574. It is the largest city and the capital of both the municipality and the Tarija Department, with an airport offering regular service to primary Bolivian cities including the capital La Paz, and a regional bus terminal with domestic and international connections; its climate is semi-arid with generally mild temperatures, in contrast to the harsh cold of the Altiplano and the year-round humid heat of the Amazon Basin, and it had a population of 234,442 as of 2013.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude21.533889 degrees south 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Tarija (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikipedia infobox 'Founded' = 'July 4, 1574' on 'Tarija'
Infobox: population_urban
268,000
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Tarija (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -21.533889, longitude -64.734167
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1860 m
View the Source3. GeoNames: Tarija - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3903320
-21.53549 -64.72956 P PPLA BO 09 159269 1870 America/La_Paz
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1870 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -21.75, -64.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -21.75, -64.75
-21.75 -64.75 Cwb
Wikidata: Tarija
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