Porvenir, Pando Explained

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.

Population

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

YearPopulationCensus
1992910census[1]
20011 730census[2]
20124 267census[3]

-11.2381°N -68.6869°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ine.gob.bo/indice/poblacion92Proy.aspx?gestion=1992 INE Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  2. http://www.ine.gob.bo/comunitaria/comunitariaVer.aspx?Depto=09&Prov=01&Seccion=01 INE Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. http://censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo/localidades/c_listado/ INE Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012