Porvenir Municipality

Porvenir Municipality
Municipality

Location within Pando Department
Porvenir Municipality

Location within Bolivia

Coordinates: BO 11°14′S 68°41′W / 11.233°S 68.683°W / -11.233; -68.683
Country  Bolivia
Department Pando Department
Province Nicolás Suárez Province
Elevation 728 ft (222 m)
Population (2001)Instituto Nacional de Estadística
  Total 3,713
Time zone -4 (UTC-4)

Porvenir Municipality is a municipal section of the Nicolás Suárez Province in the Pando Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Porvenir. It was the site of the Porvenir Massacre on September 11, 2008. It is also the birthplace of current Cobija mayor, Ana Lucía Reis.

References

    Coordinates: 11°14′07″S 68°41′17″W / 11.2353°S 68.6881°W / -11.2353; -68.6881

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