Official Name: | San José |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of San José city in Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Santa Cruz Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Andrés Ibáñez Province |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 2791 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | -17.9389°N -63.3517°W |
Elevation M: | 507 |
San José is a small town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia.
San José is the central town of Cantón San José and is located in La Guardia Municipality in Andrés Ibáñez Province. It is situated on the right banks of Río Piraí at an elevation of 507 m, south of the nearest town, La Guardia, and north of Santa Rita.
San José is located 26 kilometers south-west of the departmental capital Santa Cruz.
From the centre of Santa Cruz, Grigota Avenue (Ruta 7) leads to the south-west, passes La Guardia and further leads to San José.
From there, Ruta 7 goes on to La Angostura, Samaipata, Comarapa and Cochabamba.
The population of the town has increased rapidly over the past two decades:
Due to the population movements over the past decades, the region has a certain amount of Quechua population, in La Guardia Municipality 17.1 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.[4]