Porvenir, Pando

Porvenir
town in the Pando Department, Bolivia.
Porvenir is located in Bolivia
Porvenir
Porvenir
Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 11°14′17″S 68°41′13″W / 11.23806°S 68.68694°W / -11.23806; -68.68694
Country Bolivia
Department Pando Department
ProvinceNicolás Suárez
Elevation
222 m (728 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
4,267
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)
Area code+591

Porvenir is a small town in the Nicolás Suárez Province of the Pando Department in Bolivia. It is located 33 kilometers south of Cobija, the department's capital city, at an altitude of 222 m on the left banks of Tahuamanu River, which in its later course is named Orthon River before it discharges into Beni River.

Population

The population of Porvenir has risen strongly during the past two decades to almost five-fold:

Year Population Census
1992 910 census[1]
2001 1 730 census[2]
2012 4 267 census[3]

11°14′17″S 68°41′13″W / 11.23806°S 68.68694°W / -11.23806; -68.68694

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