Manuripi Province

Manuripi Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Pando
Seat	Puerto Rico
surface	19,753 km²
Residents	14,986 (2012 census)
density	0.8 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-N

Coordinates: 11 ° 40 ′  S , 68 ° 20 ′  W

Manuripi is a province in the south-western and central part of the Pando department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The province is named after the Manuripi River , which flows through the province from west to east.

location

The province is one of five provinces in the Pando department. It borders in the north on the province of Abuná , in the north-west on the province Nicolás Suárez , in the west on the Republic of Peru , in the south on the department La Paz , in the south-east on the province Madre de Dios , in the east on the department Beni , and in the Northeast to the province of Federico Román .

It extends between 10 ° 49 'and 12 ° 30' south latitude and 66 ° 00 'and 69 ° 14' west longitude, its longitude from southwest to northeast is 370 kilometers, its latitude from north to south up to 100 kilometers.

population

The population of Manuripi Province has doubled over the past two decades:

• 1992 : 7,360 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 8,230 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 14,986 inhabitants (census)

47.7 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 75.4 percent. ( 1992 )

98.0 percent of the population speak Spanish , 0.4 percent Quechua , 0.2 percent Aymara . ( 1992 )

91.0 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 68.5 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 1992 )

84.4 percent of the population are Catholic , 14.6 percent are Protestant . ( 1992 )

structure

The province of Manuripi was divided into the following three Municipios at the last census in 2012 :

• 09-0201 Municipio Puerto Rico (5,292 km²) in the central part of the province - 6,239 inhabitants - 1.2 inhabitants / km²
• 09-0202 Municipio San Pedro (2,623 km²) in the eastern part of the province - 2,991 inhabitants - 1.1 inhabitants / km²
• 09-0203 Municipio Filadelfia (11,838 km²) in the western part of the province - 5,756 inhabitants - 0.5 inhabitants / km²

Localities in the province of Manuripi

• Municipio Puerto Rico
  • Puerto Rico 2,672 pop - Conquista 504 pop - Batraja 264 pop - Manchester 42 pop

• Municipio San Pedro
  • Valparaíso 238 pop - Fortaleza 200 pop - San Pedro 196 pop

• Municipio Filadelfia
  • Chivé 463 pop - Soberanía Bella Vista 387 pop - Filadelfia 368 pop - Curichon 238 pop - Luz de America 205 pop - Florida 184 pop - Buyuyo 158 pop - Empresiña 157 pop - Holanda 132 pop - Espíritu 126 Pop - San Antonio del Chivé 109 Pop - San Silvestre 27 Pop.

(As of 2012 )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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. 

Web links

• Departamento Pando - Social data of the provinces (PDF 2.49 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Filadelfia - detailed map and population data (PDF) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Puerto Rico - detailed map and population data (PDF; 908 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio San Pablo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 690 kB) ( Spanish )