Abuná is one of the five provinces of the

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

n 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

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

Location

''Aroma'' province is located between 9° 53' and 11° 06'

South South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

and between 66° 27' and 67° 42'

West West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...

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

Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek myth ...

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 Manuripi is one of the five provinces of Pando Department in Bolivia and is situated in the northwest of the department. Its name is derived from the Manuripi River, which passes through the province from west to east. Location ''Manuripi'' p ...

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 (

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

) *2001: 2,996 inhabitants (

) *2005: 3,475 inhabitants (est.)Instituto Nacional de Estadística
*2024: 5,439 inhabitants (

) 45.4% of the population are younger than 15 years old. ''(1992)'' 52.3% of the population speak

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

, 2.8% speak

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

, 2.0%

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

, and 52.8 speak other

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology) In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...

languages. ''(1992)'' The

literacy rate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

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

municipios A ' () or ' () is an administrative division in several Hispanophone and Lusophone nations, respectively. It is often translated as "municipality." It comes from ''mūnicipium'' (), meaning a township. In English, a municipality often is defined ...

: * 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