Manuripi is one of the five provinces of

Pando Department Pando is a department in Northern Bolivia, with an area of , in the Amazon Rainforest, adjoining the border with Brazil and Perú. Pando has a population 154,355 (2020 census). Its capital is the city of Cobija. The department, which is named a ...

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and is situated in the northwest of the department. Its name is derived from the

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, 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 in the Northwest,

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in the West, La Paz Department in the South,

Madre de Dios Province Madre de Dios () is one of the five provinces of the Bolivian Pando department and is situated in the southern parts of the department. Its name derives from Madre de Dios River on the northern border of the province. Location Madre de Dios pr ...

in the Southeast,

Beni Department Beni (), sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second-largest department in the country (after Santa Cruz), covering 213,564 square kilometers (82,458 sq mi), and it was cre ...

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 Filadelfia () is the capital of Boquerón Department in the Gran Chaco of western Paraguay. It is the centre of the Fernheim Colony. It is about a 5-hour drive from the capital of Asunción. With a population of about 20,000, it is the largest ...

– 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 Manuripi-Heath Amazonian Wildlife National Reserve (''Reserva Nacional de Vida Silvestre Amazónica Manuripi-Heath'') is a protected area in the Pando Department, Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_a ...

References

External links

t_manuripi.htm General map of provincemanuripiPopulation data (Spanish)
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