Manchester, Bolivia

Manchester is a town in the department of Pando in the lowlands of the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Manchester is the most populous town in the Canton El Carmen district ( bolivian: Municipio) Puerto Rico in the province Manuripi. The village lies at an altitude of 201 m at a right tributary of the Río Manuripi, about ten miles downstream from the confluence of the Río Buyuyo.

Geography

Manchester is located in the southwestern part of the Amazon basin in the rain forest areas of the Río Manuripi, which are characterized by a humid tropical climate.

The temperature fluctuations are low, both during the day and during the year, the Jahrsdurchschnittstmperatur at 25 ° C. The humidity is high, so that it comes across large parts of the year again and again to heavy rain. The annual rainfall of about 1750 mm is more than twice on the rainfall in Central Europe. Only the months of June to August are characterized by a dry season in the low rainfall evaporate quickly.

History

Manchester was founded in the late 19th century to a now long since defunct rubber processing factory around. Founder was the Englishman Anthony James Webster, who named the place after his home city of Manchester.

Population

The population of the town has fallen dramatically in the past two decades: