Porvenir is a small town in the

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'' ...

of the

Pando Department Pando is a Department (country subdivision), department in Northern Bolivia, with an area of , in the Amazon Rainforest, adjoining the border with Brazil and Peru, Perú. Pando has a population of 130,761 (2024 census). Its capital is the city o ...

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 ...

. It is located 33 kilometers south of

Cobija Cobija is a city in Bolivia, capital of the department of Pando, and is located about 600 km (373 mi.) north of La Paz in the Amazon Basin on the border with Brazil. Cobija lies on the banks of the Rio Acre across from the Brazilian ...

, the department's capital city, at an altitude of 222 m on the left banks of Tahuamanu River, which in its later course is named

Orthon River The Orthon River is a river in the Pando Department of Bolivia and a tributary of river Beni. The river is named after explorer James Orton, who travelled the tributary around the 1870s. A territorial claim for Antonio de Vaca Diez was carved in ...

before it discharges into

Beni River The Beni River () is a river in the north of Bolivia. It rises north of La Paz La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. Wit ...

Population

The population of Porvenir has risen strongly during the past two decades to almost five-fold:

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Pando Department