Nicolás Suarez Province

Nicolás Suarez Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Pando
Seat	Cobija
surface	9819 km²
Residents	60,297 (2012 census)
density	6.1 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-N
Cobija, the capital of the Nicolás Suárez Province

Coordinates: 11 ° 5 ′  S , 68 ° 10 ′  W

Nicolás Suárez is a province in the northwestern part of the Pando Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The province was called " Tahuamanu Province" until 1951 , since then it has been named after the rubber baron Nicolás Suárez (1861–1940), who owned large parts of the Pando and Beni departments during the rubber boom .

location

The province is one of five provinces in the Pando department. It borders the Republic of Brazil to the north, the Republic of Peru to the west, the Manuripi province to the south , and the Abuná province to the east .

It extends between 10 ° 39 'and 11 ° 27' south latitude and 67 ° 33 'and 69 ° 34' 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 the Nicolás Suárez Province has increased almost fivefold in the past two decades:

• 1992 : 18,447 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 29,536 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 60,297 inhabitants (census)

42.4 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 78.1 percent.

84.7 percent of the population speak Spanish , 4.9 percent Quechua , 3.1 percent Aymara . ( 1992 )

51.9 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 33.0 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 1992 )

83.9 percent of the population are Catholic , 13% are Protestant . ( 1992 )

structure

The province of Nicolás Suárez was divided into the following four municipalities at the 2012 census :

• 09-0101 Municipio Cobija 46,267 inhabitants ( 2001 : 22,324 inh .)
• 09-0102 Municipio Porvenir 7,948 inhabitants ( 2001 : 3,713 inh .)
• 09-0103 Municipio Bolpebra 2.173 inhabitants ( 2001 : 1.194 inh .)
• 09-0104 Municipio Bella Flor 3,909 inhabitants ( 2001 : 2,305 inh.)

Localities in the province of Nicolás Suárez

• Municipio Cobija
  • Cobija 42,849 pop - Villa Busch 734 pop - Bella Vista 624 pop - 6 de Agosto 444 pop

• Municipio Porvenir
  • Porvenir 4267 pop - Villa Rojas 1231 pop - Cachuelita Bajo 122 pop

• Municipio Bolpebra
  • Mukden Pop . 432 - Naerufa Pop. 343 - San Pedro de Bolpebra Pop . 132.

• Municipio Bella Flor
  • Puerto Evo Morales pop 721 - Santa Lucía pop 308 - Santa Lourdes pop 191 - San Pedro pop 190 - El Carmen pop 166 - Palacios pop 40

Individual evidence

1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (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. 

Web links

• Departamento Pando - social data (PDF 2.49 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Bella Flor - detailed map and population data (PDF) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Bolpebra - detailed map and population data (PDF) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Cobija - detailed map and population data (PDF) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Porvenir - detailed map and population data (PDF; 376 kB) ( Spanish )