Porvenir
town in the Pando Department, Bolivia.
Country Bolivia
Department Pando Department
ProvinceNicolás Suárez
Population as of2012
Population total4267
Time zoneBOT (UTC-4)
Coordinates11°14′17″S 68°41′13″W
Elevation222 m
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:

YearPopulationCensus
1992910census[1]
20011 730census[2]
20124 267census[3]

References

  1. ^ INE Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 Archived 2014-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ INE Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ INE Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine