Porvenir, Pando
Appearance
Porvenir | |
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town in the Pando Department, Bolivia. | |
Coordinates: 11°14′17″S 68°41′13″W / 11.23806°S 68.68694°W | |
Country | Bolivia |
Department | Pando Department |
Province | Nicolás Suárez |
Elevation | 222 m (728 ft) |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 4,267 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Area code | +591 |
Porvenir is a small town in the Nicolás Suárez Province of the Pando Department in Bolivia. It is located 33 kilometers south of Cobija, the department's capital city, at an altitude of 222 m on the left banks of Tahuamanu River, which in its later course is named Orthon River before it discharges into Beni River.
Population
[edit]The population of Porvenir has risen strongly during the past two decades to almost five-fold:
Year | Population | Census |
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1992 | 910 | census[1] |
2001 | 1 730 | census[2] |
2012 | 4 267 | census[3] |
11°14′17″S 68°41′13″W / 11.23806°S 68.68694°W
References
[edit]- ^ INE Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 Archived 2014-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ INE Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ INE Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine