Manuripi is one of the five provinces of

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and is situated in the northwest of the department. Its name is derived from the Manuripi River, which passes through the province from west to east.

Location

''Manuripi'' province is located between 10° 49’ and 12° 30'

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and between 66° 00' and 69° 14'

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. It extends over a length of 370 km from Northeast to Southwest, and up to 100 km from Northwest to Southeast. The province is situated in the

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lowlands of Bolivia and borders

Abuná Province Abuná is one of the five provinces of the Bolivian department of Pando and is situated in the department's northern central parts. It has its name from Río Abuná, the border river to neighbouring Brazil. Location ''Aroma'' province is loc ...

in the North,

Nicolás Suárez Province Nicolás Suárez is one of the five provinces of the Bolivian Pando department and is situated in the department's northwestern parts. Its name honors Nicolás Suárez Callaú (1861-1940) who owned major parts of today's ''Pando'' and '' Beni'' ...

in the Northwest,

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in the West, La Paz Department in the South, Madre de Dios Province in the Southeast,

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in the East, and

Federico Román Province Federico Román (or: ''General Federico Román'') is one of the five provinces of the Bolivian department of Pando and is situated in the department's northeastern parts. Its name honours General Federico Román. Location ''Federico Román' ...

in the Northeast.

Population

The population of Federico Román Province has increased by 40% over the last two decades: *1992: 7,360 inhabitants (

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) *2001: 8,230 inhabitants (

) *2005: 9,505 inhabitants (est.) *2010: 10,164 inhabitants (est.) 47.7% of the population are younger than 15 years old. ''(1992)'' 98.0% of the population speak

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, 0.4% speak

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, and speak 0.2%

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. ''(1992)'' The

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of the province's population is 75.4%. ''(1992)'' 91.0% of the population have no access to electricity, 68.5% have no sanitary facilities. ''(1992)'' 84.4% of the population are Catholics, 14.6% are Protestants. ''(1992)''

Division

The province comprises three

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: * Filadelfia Municipality – 3,145 inhabitants ''(2005)''Instituto Nacional de Estadística
* Puerto Rico Municipality – 4,003 inhabitants * San Pedro Municipality – 1,082 inhabitants

Places of interest

* Manuripi-Heath Amazonian Wildlife National Reserve

References

External links

t_manuripi.htm General map of provincemanuripiPopulation data (Spanish)
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