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Madre de Dios
A view of El Sena, Madre de Dios Province
Location in Bolivia
General Data
Capital Puerto Gonzalo Moreno
Area 10,879 km
Population 31,473 (2024)
Density 2.7 inhabitants/km (2024)
ISO 3166-2 BO.PA.MD
Pando Department

Madre de Dios (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaðɾe ðe ðjos]) 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 province is located between 10° 54' and 12° 28' South and between 66° 05' and 67° 58' West. It extends over a length of 390 km from northeast to southwest, and up to 150 km from northwest to southeast.

It is situated in the Amazon lowlands of Bolivia and borders Manuripi Province in the north, La Paz Department in the southwest, and Beni Department in the southeast.

Population

The population of Federico Román Province has increased by 50% over the recent two decades:

  • 1992: 8,097 inhabitants (census)
  • 2001: 9,521 inhabitants (census)
  • 2005: 11,220 inhabitants (est.)
  • 2024: 31,473 inhabitants (census)

49.8% of the population are younger than 15 years old. (1992)

99.3% of the population speak Spanish, 0.7% speak Quechua, 0.1% Aymara, and 5.6 speak other indigenous languages. (1992)

The literacy rate of the province's population is 82.4%. (1992)

94.7% of the population have no access to electricity, 71.8% have no sanitary facilities. (1992)

80.2% of the population are Catholics, 18.8% are Protestants. (1992)

Division

The province comprises three municipios:

Places of interest

References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Pando Department

11°50′S 67°10′W / 11.833°S 67.167°W / -11.833; -67.167

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