Manchester (Bolivia)
| Manchester | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 42 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 201 m | ||
| Post Code | 09-0201-0300-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 11 ° 29 ′ S , 67 ° 59 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Pando | ||
| province | Manuripi Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cobija |
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Manchester is a town in the Pando department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Manchester is the most populous town in the canton of El Carmen in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) of Puerto Rico in the province of Manuripi . The village is located at an altitude of 201 m on a right branch of the Río Manuripi , about ten kilometers downstream from the confluence of the Río Buyuyo .
geography
Manchester lies in the south-western part of the Amazon basin in the rainforest areas of the Río Manuripi, which are characterized by a humid tropical climate.
The temperature fluctuations are low, both during the day and during the year. The annual average temperature is 25 ° C. The humidity is high, so that there is repeated heavy rain for much of the year . The annual precipitation of around 1750 mm is more than double the precipitation in Central Europe. Only the months of June to August are characterized by a dry season , in which the low rainfall evaporates quickly.
history
Manchester was founded towards the end of the 19th century around a rubber processing factory that had long since defunct . The founder was the Englishman Anthony Webster James, who named the place after his hometown Manchester .
population
The population of the village has decreased drastically in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 251 | census |
| 2001 | 120 | census |
| 2013 | 42 | census |
Individual evidence
- ↑ From Manchester to Manchester: an adventure in Bolivia. BBC Radio Manchester. 3 September 2010 ( English )
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Roy Cookson: A World of Manchesters: A guide to all the villages, towns and cities throughout the world named Manchester . Casthermen Books: ISBN 0-9542404-0-5 .
Web links
- Puerto Rico region - topographic map 1: 100,000 (PDF; 11.30 MB)
- Municipio Puerto Rico - General Maps No. 90201
- Municipio Puerto Rico - detailed map and population data (PDF; 908 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Pando - Social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 2.42 MB)