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Porvenir, Pando

Coordinates: 11°14′17″S 68°41′13″W / 11.23806°S 68.68694°W / -11.23806; -68.68694
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Porvenir
town in the Pando Department, Bolivia.
Porvenir is located in Bolivia
Porvenir
Porvenir
Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 11°14′17″S 68°41′13″W / 11.23806°S 68.68694°W / -11.23806; -68.68694
Country Bolivia
Department Pando Department
ProvinceNicolás Suárez
Elevation
222 m (728 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
4,267
Time zoneUTC-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

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The population of Porvenir has risen strongly during the past two decades to almost five-fold:

Year Population Census
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 / -11.23806; -68.68694

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