Bolpebra

San Pedro de Bolpebra (also short Bolpebra ) is a village in the department of Pando in the lowlands of the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia. The name " Bolpebra " is a portmanteau word and is composed of the initial letters of the three countries of Bolivia, Peru and Brazil.

Location in near space

San Pedro de Bolpebra is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Bolpebra in the province Nicolás Suárez and lies at an altitude of 233 m. The village is situated in the border triangle Bolivia - Peru - Brazil just south of the Brazilian city of Assis Brasil on the south bank of the Río Acre, which flows in its further course across the Rio Purus to Amazon.

Geography

San Pedro de Bolpebra is located in the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin, northeast upstream of the foothills of the Peruvian Cordillera Oriental in the tropical climate of the equatorial zone.

The mean average temperature of the region is 25 ° C and varies both in the year as during the day only slightly, only in the dry winter months from June to August it is due to the nocturnal heat radiation when open cloud cover slightly lower (see climate chart Bolpebra ). The annual rainfall is 1,800 mm and has during the rainy season, more than half of the year, month values ​​between 150 and 250 mm, only in the short dry season from June to August precipitation fall on monthly values ​​below 50 mm.

Traffic network

San Pedro de Bolpebra Located two miles east of the Peruvian village Iñapari, with which it is connected via a dirt road. This road then of Bolpebra from the southeast in the dense tropical forests of the province Nicolás Suárez, a year-round navigable link to the Bolivian road network does not yet exist.

Population

The population of the town is small, but has risen slightly over the past decade:

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