Federico Román Province
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Federico Román (also: General Federico Román ) is a province in the northeastern part of the Pando department in the lowlands of the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia. The province is named after General Federico Román.
Location
The province is one of five provinces in the department of Pando. It is bordered to the west by the province of Abuna, on the southwest by the province Manuripi, on the southeast by the Beni Department, and to the east and north by the Republic of Brazil.
The border to the Beni Department in the South is the Río Beni, and the neighboring country of Brazil Rio Madeira in the east and the Rio Abuna in the north.
The province extends between 09 ° 41 'and 10 ° 51' south latitude and 65 ° 17 ' and 66 ° 39 ' west longitude, its extent from east to west is 200 kilometers from north to south 150 km.
Population
The population of the province of Federico Román has risen in the past two decades to about five times:
39.6 percent of the population are younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 72.6 percent.
87.9 percent of the population speaking Spanish, 3.1 percent Quechua, Aymara 1.2 percent, and 26.5 percent of foreign languages ( mainly Portuguese, due to its proximity to the neighboring country of Brazil). (1992)
83.1 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 59.1 percent have no sanitary facilities (1992).
83.1 percent of the population are Catholics, 15.2 percent are Protestant (1992).
Structure
The Federico Román Province is divided into three Municipalities:
- The municipality of Nueva Esperanza ( 3710 km ²) in the eastern part of the province - 1,203 inhabitants - 0.3 inhabitants / km ² (2010)
- The municipality of Santos Mercado ( 7021 km ²) in the western part of the province - 1,131 inhabitants - 0.2 inhabitants / km ² (2010)
- The municipality of Villanueva ( 2826 km ²) in the southern part of the province - 1,266 inhabitants - 0.4 inhabitants / km ² (2010)