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 ''

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Location

''Nicolás Suárez'' Province is located between 10° 39' and 11° 27' South and between 67° 33' and 69° 34'

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. It extends over a length of 370 km from Northeast to Southwest, and up to 100 km from North to South. The province is situated in the

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lowlands of Bolivia and borders

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in the North,

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in the West, Manuripi Province in the South, and Abuná Province in the East.

Population

The population of Nicolás Suárez Province has increased by almost 200% over the recent two decades: *1992: 18,447 inhabitants (

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) *2001: 29,536 inhabitants (

) *2005: 39,577 inhabitants (est.) *2010: 51,377 inhabitants (est.) 42.4% of the population are younger than 15 years old. ''(1992)'' 84.7% of the population speak

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, 4.9% speak

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, and 3.1% speak

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''(1992)''. The

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of the province's population is 78.1%. ''(1992)'' 51.9% of the population have no access to electricity, 33.0% have no sanitary facilities. ''(1992)'' 83.9% of the population are Catholics, 13.8% are Protestants. ''(1992)''

Division

The province comprises four

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: * Bella Flor Municipality - 2,305 inhabitants ''(2001)''Instituto Nacional de Estadística * Bolpebra Municipality - 1,194 inhabitants * Cobija Municipality - 22,324 inhabitants * Porvenir Municipality - 3,713 inhabitants

References

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General map of provincePopulation data (Spanish)
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