Abuná Province

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Abuna is a province in the northern central part of the Pando department in the lowlands of the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia. The province is named after the river Rio Abuna, which marks the border to neighboring Brazil.

Location

The province is one of five provinces in the department of Pando. It is bordered on the north by the Republic of Brazil, in the northwest and west by the province of Nicolás Suárez, to the south by the province Manuripi, and on the east by the province of Federico Román.

It extends between 9 ° 53 'and 11 ° 06' south latitude and 66 ° 27 ' and 67 ° 42 ' west longitude, its length from east to west is 350 km, its width from north to south between 120 and 250 kilometers.

Population

The population of the province Abuna has risen in the past two decades by about half:

45.4 percent of the population are younger than 15 years.

The literacy rate in the province is 47.4 percent.

52.3 percent of the population speaking Spanish, 2.8 percent Aymara, Quechua 2.0 percent, and 52.8 percent other languages ​​(1992).

87.6 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 83.6 percent have no sanitary facilities (1992).

83.5 percent of the population are Catholics, 15.4 percent are Protestant (1992).

Structure

The Abuna province is divided into the following two municipios ( counties ):

• Municipality of Santa Rosa del Abuna ( 4440 km ²) in the western part of the province - 2,922 inhabitants - 0.7 inhabitants / km ² (2010)
• Municipio Ingavi ( Humaita ) ( 5227 km ²) in the eastern part of the province - 807 inhabitants - 0.2 inhabitants / km ² (2010)