Official Name: | Porvenir |
Settlement Type: | town in the Pando Department, Bolivia. |
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Pando Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Nicolás Suárez |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 4267 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | -11.2381°N -68.6869°W |
Elevation M: | 222 |
Postal Code Type: | 09-0102-0101-1001 |
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.
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] |