Abuná is one of the five provinces of the Bolivian department of Pando and is situated in the department's northern central parts. It has its name from Río Abuná, the border river to neighbouring

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Location

''Aroma'' province is located between 9° 53' and 11° 06' South and between 66° 27' and 67° 42'

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. It extends over 120–250 km from North to South, and 350 km from West to East. The province is situated in the

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lowlands of Bolivia and borders

in the North,

Nicolás Suárez Province Nicolás Suárez is one of the five provinces of the Bolivian Pando department and is situated in the department's northwestern parts. Its name honors Nicolás Suárez Callaú (1861-1940) who owned major parts of today's ''Pando'' and ''Beni'' ...

in the Northwest and West, Manuripi Province in the South, and

Federico Román Province Federico Román (or: ''General Federico Román'') is one of the five provinces of the Bolivian department of Pando and is situated in the department's northeastern parts. Its name honours General Federico Román. Location ''Federico Román' ...

in the East.

Population

The population of Abuná Province has increased by 40% over the recent two decades: *1992: 2,652 inhabitants (

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) *2001: 2,996 inhabitants (

) *2005: 3,475 inhabitants (est.) *2010: 3,729 inhabitants (est.)Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones
45.4% of the population are younger than 15 years old. ''(1992)'' 52.3% of the population speak

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, 2.8% speak

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, 2.0%

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, and 52.8 speak other

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languages. ''(1992)'' The

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of the province's population is 47.4%. ''(1992)'' 87.6% of the population have no access to electricity, 83.6% have no sanitary facilities. ''(1992)'' 83.5% of the population are Catholics, 15.4% are Protestants. ''(1992)''

Division

The province comprises two

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: * Santa Rosa del Abuná Municipality - 3,090 km² - 2,097 inhabitants (''2001'') * Ingavi Municipality - 4,378 km² - 899 inhabitants (''2001'')

References

External links

General map of provincePopulation data (Spanish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abuna Province Provinces of Pando Department