Madre de Dios province

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Madre de Dios province
location
Basic data
Country Bolivia
Department Pando
Seat Puerto Gonzalo Moreno
surface 11,992 km²
Residents 24,070 (2012 census)
density 2 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 BO-N
Mouth of the Manupare River into the Madre de Dios River in the west of the province
Mouth of the Manupare River into the Madre de Dios River in the west of the province

Coordinates: 11 ° 50 ′  S , 67 ° 10 ′  W

Madre de Dios is a province in the southern part of the Pando department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The province is named after the river Madre de Dios , which forms the northern border of the province.

location

The province is one of five provinces in the Pando department. It borders in the north with the province of Manuripi , in the south-west with the department La Paz , and in the south-east with the department Beni .

It extends between 10 ° 54 'and 12 ° 28' south latitude and 66 ° 05 'and 67 ° 58' west longitude, its length from southwest to northeast is 390 kilometers, its width up to 150 kilometers.

population

The population of the province of Madre de Dios has increased threefold in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 8,097 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 9,521 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 24,070 inhabitants (census)

49.8 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 82.4 percent. ( 2001 )

99.3 percent of the population speak Spanish , 0.7 percent Quechua , 0.1 percent Aymara , and 5.6 percent other indigenous languages. ( 1992 )

94.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 71.8 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 1992 )

80.2 percent of the population are Catholic , 18.8 percent are Protestant . ( 1992 )

structure

The province of Madre de Dios was divided into the following three municipalities at the 2012 census :

  • 09-0301 Municipio Puerto Gonzales Moreno (1,275 km²) in the eastern part of the province - 8,160 inhabitants - 6.4 inhabitants / km²
  • 09-0302 Municipio San Lorenzo (3,086 km²) in the central part of the province - 7,652 inhabitants - 2.5 inhabitants / km²
  • 09-0303 Municipio Sena (7,631 km²) in the western part of the province - 8,258 inhabitants - 1.1 inhabitants / km²

Localities in the province of Madre de Dios

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo

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