Manuripi Province
Manuripi is ane o the five provinces o Pando Depairtment in Bolivie an is situatit in the depairtment's northwastren pairts. Its name derives frae Manuripi River which passes the province frae wast tae east
| Location in Bolivie | |
|---|---|
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| General Data | |
| Caipital | Puerto Rico |
| Aurie | 22,461 km² |
| Population | 8,230 (2001) |
| Densitie | 0.4 inhabitants/km² (2001) |
| ISO 3166-2 | BO.PA.MN |
| Pando Depairtment | |
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Location eedit
Manuripi province is locatit atween 10° 49’ an 12° 30' sooth an atween 66° 00' an 69° 14' wast. It extends ower a length o 370 km frae northeast tae soothwast, an up tae 100 km frae northwast tae sootheast.
The province is situatit in the Amazon lawlands o Bolivie an borders Abuná Province in the north, Nicolás Suárez Province in the northwast, Peru in the wast, La Paz Depairtment in the sooth, Madre de Dios Province in the sootheast, Beni Depairtment in the east, an Federico Román Province in the northeast.
Population eedit
The population o Federico Román Province haes increased bi 40 % ower the recent twa decades:
- 1992: 7,360 inhabitants (census)
- 2001: 8,230 inhabitants (census)
- 2005: 9,505 inhabitants (est.)[1]
- 2010: 10,164 inhabitants (est.)[2]
47.7 % o the population are younger than 15 year auld. (1992)
98.0 % o the population speak Spaingie, 0.4 % speak Quechua, an speak 0.2 % Aymara. (1992)
The leeteracy rate o the province's population is 75.4 %. (1992)
91.0 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 68.5 % hae nae sanitar facilities. (1992)
84.4 % o the population are Catholics, 14.6 % are Protestants. (1992)
Diveesion eedit
The province comprises three municipalities:
- Filadelfia Municipality – 3,145 inhabitants (2005)[1]
- Puerto Rico Municipality – 4,003 inhabitants
- San Pedro Municipality – 1,082 inhabitants
Places o interest eedit
References eedit
- ↑ a b "Instituto Nacional de Estadística" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ↑ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
Freemit airtins eedit
- t_manuripi.htm General map o province Archived 2008-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
- manuripi.htm Detailed map o province touns an rivers Archived 2008-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Population data (Spaingie) Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Social data (Spaingie) Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine