Official Name: | San Buenaventura, La Paz |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | La Paz Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | San Buenaventura Municipality |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | President |
Established Title: | Foundation |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 2264 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Af |
San Buenaventura is a little town in northern Bolivia, on the west bank of Beni River, opposite the town Rurrenabaque on the east bank. The two towns are connected with a ferry.
The area is in the Amazon Basin, and San Buenaventura is the access to the Madidi National Park, where the local vegetation is rainforest.
San Buenaventura is in the La Paz Department, and the town is the seat of the San Buenaventura Municipality.