Abuná Province
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| Río Abuná Abuna River The Abuna River is a river in South America. As a part of the Amazon Basin, it forms part of the border between northern Bolivia and north-western Brazil.... |
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| Capital | Santa Rosa Santa Rosa del Abuná Santa Rosa del Abuná is a small town in Bolivia.-References:... |
| Area Area Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat... |
7,468 km² |
| Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... |
2,996 (2001) |
| Density Density The mass density or density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol most often used for density is ρ . In some cases , density is also defined as its weight per unit volume; although, this quantity is more properly called specific weight... |
0.4 inhabitants/km² (2001) |
| ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1... |
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Abuná is one of the five provinces of the Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
n department
Departments of Bolivia
Bolivia is divided into nine departments . Each of the departments is subdivided into provinces , which are further subdivided into municipalities ....
of Pando
Pando Department
Pando is a department of Bolivia, with an area of , adjoining the border with Brazil. Pando has a population 66,689 . Its capital is the city of Cobija....
and is situated in the department's northern central parts. It has its name from Río Abuná
Abuna River
The Abuna River is a river in South America. As a part of the Amazon Basin, it forms part of the border between northern Bolivia and north-western Brazil....
, the border river to neighbouring Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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Location
Aroma province is located between 9° 53' and 11° 06' SouthLatitude
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and between 66° 27' and 67° 42' West
Longitude
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. It extends over 120-250 km from North to South, and 350 km from West to East.
The province is situated in the Amazon
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
lowlands of Bolivia and borders Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
in the North, Nicolás Suárez Province
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 who owned major parts of today's Pando and Beni Departments in the times of the caoutchouc-boom.- Location :Nicolás Suárez...
in the Northwest and West, Manuripi Province
Manuripi Province
Manuripi is one of the five provinces of Pando Department in Bolivia and is situated in the department's north-western parts. Its name derives from Manuripi River which passes the province from West to East- Location :...
in the South, and Federico Román Province
Federico Román Province
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 :...
in the East.
Population
The population of Abuná Province has increased by 40 % over the recent two decades:- 1992: 2,652 inhabitants (censusCensusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
) - 2001: 2,996 inhabitants (censusCensusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
) - 2005: 3,475 inhabitants (est.)
- 2010: 3,729 inhabitants (est.)
45.4 % of the population are younger than 15 years old. (1992)
52.3 % of the population speak Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, 2.8 % speak Aymara
Aymara language
Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over three million speakers. Aymara, along with Quechua and Spanish, is an official language of Peru and Bolivia...
, 2.0 % Quechua, and 52.8 speak other indigenous languages. (1992)
The literacy rate
Literacy
Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about printed material.Literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from print...
of the province's population is 47.4 %. (1992)
87.6 % of the population have no access to electricity, 83.6 % have no sanitary facilities. (1992)
83.5 % of the population are Catholics, 15.4 % are Protestants. (1992)
Division
The province comprises two municipiosMunicipalities of Bolivia
Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...
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- Santa Rosa del Abuná Municipality - 3,090 km² - 2,097 inhabitants (2001)
- Ingavi Municipality - 4,378 km² - 899 inhabitants (2001)