Federico Román (or: ''General Federico Román'') is one of the five provinces of the

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n department of Pando and is situated in the department's northeastern parts. Its name honours General Federico Román.

Location

''Federico Román'' province is located between 09° 41' and 10° 51'

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and between 65° 17' and 66° 39'

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. It extends over 150 km from North to South, and 200 km from West to East. The province is situated in the

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lowlands of Bolivia and borders Abuná Province in the West, Manuripi Province in the Southwest,

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in the Southeast, and

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in the East and North. The border to Beni Department in the South forms Río Beni, to neighbouring Brazil Río Madeira in the East and Río Abuná in the North.

Population

The population of Federico Román Province has increased by more than 400% over the recent two decades: *1992: 1,516 inhabitants (

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) *2001: 2,242 inhabitants (

) *2012: 7,034 inhabitants (

)Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012
39.6% of the population are younger than 15 years old. ''(1992)'' 87.9% of the population speak

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, 3.1% speak Quechua, 1.2% Aymara, and 26.5 speak foreign languages (mainly Portuguese, due to the nearness to Brazil) . ''(1992)'' The

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of the province's population is 72.6%. ''(1992)'' 83.1% of the population have no access to electricity, 59.1% have no sanitary facilities. ''(1992)'' 83.1% of the population are Catholics, 15.2% are Protestants. ''(1992)''

Division

The province comprises three municipios: * 09-0501 Nueva Esperanza Municipality - 2,068 inhabitants (''census 2012'') * 09-0502 Villa Nueva Municipality - 3,275 inhabitants * 09-0503 Santos Mercado Municipality - 1,691 inhabitants

References

External links

General map of provincePopulation data (Spanish)
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