Jump to content

Pando Department: Difference between revisions

Coordinates: 11°11′S 67°11′W / 11.183°S 67.183°W / -11.183; -67.183
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Uncanniey (talk | contribs)
54 edits
updated census statistics, added citaton
No edit summary
 
(17 intermediate revisions by 15 users not shown)
Line 2: Line 2:
{{Update|date=January 2019}}
{{Update|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Pando Department
|name = Pando
|native_name = ''Departamento de Pando''
|native_name = <small>Departamento de Pando ([[Spanish language|Spanish]])</small>
|native_name_lang = es
|native_name_lang = es
|settlement_type = [[Departments of Bolivia|Department]]
|image_skyline = M%C3%BCndung_des_R%C3%ADo_Manupare.jpg
|image_skyline = M%C3%BCndung_des_R%C3%ADo_Manupare.jpg
|image_alt = Meeting of Waters, [[Manuripi River|Manuripi]] and [[Madre de Dios River|Madre de Dios]] Rivers, Near Sena, Bolivia
|image_alt = Meeting of Waters, [[Manuripi River|Manuripi]] and [[Madre de Dios River|Madre de Dios]] Rivers, Near Sena, Bolivia
Line 22: Line 23:
|seat_type = Capital
|seat_type = Capital
|seat = [[Cobija]]<sup>a</sup>
|seat = [[Cobija]]<sup>a</sup>
|governing_body = Departmental Legislative Assembly of Pando
|leader_party =
|leader_party = [[Third System Movement|MTS]]
|leader_title = [[Governor]]
|leader_title = [[Governor]]
|leader_name = Luis Adolfo Flores
|leader_name = Regis Germán Richter
|leader_title1 = [[Senate of Bolivia|Senators]]
|leader_title1 = [[Senate of Bolivia|Senators]]
|leader_name1 = 4 of 36
|leader_name1 = 4 of 36
Line 35: Line 37:
|area_note = 5.82% of Bolivia
|area_note = 5.82% of Bolivia
|area_footnotes =
|area_footnotes =
|population_total = 154400
|population_total = 130,761
|population_as_of = 2020 estimate
|population_as_of = 2024 census
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_note = |population_footnotes =
|population_note = |population_footnotes =
Line 56: Line 58:
|blank1_name_sec2 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2019)
|blank1_name_sec2 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2019)
|blank1_info_sec2 = 0.743<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br/>{{color|#0c0|high}} · [[List of Bolivian departments by Human Development Index|2nd of 9]]
|blank1_info_sec2 = 0.743<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br/>{{color|#0c0|high}} · [[List of Bolivian departments by Human Development Index|2nd of 9]]
<!-- GDP --->
| blank3_name = [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] (2023)
| blank3_info = in constant Dollar of 2015<ref name="TelluBase">{{cite web|url=https://tellusant.com/repo/tb/tellubase_factsheet_bol.pdf|publisher=Tellusant|title=TelluBase—BoliviaFact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)| access-date = 2024-01-11}}</ref>
| blank4_name = &nbsp;- Total
| blank4_info = [[USD|US$]] 0.5&nbsp;billion<br>[[Int$]] 1.1&nbsp;billion ([[Purchasing power parity|PPP]])
| blank5_name = &nbsp;- Per capita
| blank5_info = [[USD|US$]]&nbsp;2,900<br>[[Int$]] 6,700&nbsp;([[Purchasing power parity|PPP]])
|website = {{URL|www.pando.gob.bo}}
|website = {{URL|www.pando.gob.bo}}
|footnotes = a. Also largest city.
|footnotes = a. Also largest city.
}}
}}


'''Pando''' is a [[Department (country subdivision)|department]] in the North of [[Bolivia]], with an area of {{convert|63,827|km2|sqmi}}, in the [[Amazon Rainforest]], adjoining the border with [[Brazil]] and [[Peru|Perú]]. Pando has a population 154,355 (2020 census)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pando (Department, Bolivia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/bolivia/dept/admin/09__pando/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>. Its capital is the city of [[Cobija]].
'''Pando''' is a [[Department (country subdivision)|department]] in Northern [[Bolivia]], with an area of {{convert|63,827|km2|sqmi}}, in the [[Amazon Rainforest]], adjoining the border with [[Brazil]] and [[Peru|Perú]]. Pando has a population of 130,761 (2024 census).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pando (Department, Bolivia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/bolivia/dept/admin/09__pando/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref> Its capital is the city of [[Cobija]].


The department, which is named after former president [[José Manuel Pando]] (1899–1905), is divided into five provinces.
The department, named after former president [[José Manuel Pando]] (1899–1905), is divided into five provinces.


Although Pando is rich in natural resources, the poverty level of its inhabitants is high, due largely to the lack of roads effectively linking the province to the rest of the country. In addition, residents suffer from debilitating effects of tropical diseases, typical of life in the Amazonian rain forest. The main economic activities are agriculture, timber and cattle.
Although Pando is rich in natural resources, the poverty level of its inhabitants is high, due largely to the lack of roads effectively linking the province to the rest of the country. In addition, residents suffer from debilitating effects of tropical diseases, typical of life in the Amazonian rain forest. The main economic activities are agriculture, timber, and cattle.


At an altitude of 280 metres above sea level in the northwestern jungle region, Pando is located in the rainiest part of Bolivia. Pando has a hot climate, with temperatures commonly above 26 degrees Celsius (80 Fahrenheit).
At an altitude of 280 metres above sea level in the northwestern jungle region, Pando is located in the rainiest part of Bolivia. Pando has a hot climate, with temperatures commonly above 26 degrees Celsius (80 Fahrenheit).
Line 70: Line 79:
Pando is the least populous department in Bolivia, the most tropical (lying closest to the Equator in the Amazonian Basin), and the most isolated, due to an absence of effective roads. It was organized at the beginning of the 20th century from what was left of the Acre Territory, lost to Brazil as a result of the so-called [[Acre War]] (1903). Its capital city of [[Cobija]] (the smallest of all the Bolivian departmental capitals) was named after the much-lamented Bolivian port of the same name on the Pacific Ocean, part of an area lost to [[Chile]] following the [[War of the Pacific]].
Pando is the least populous department in Bolivia, the most tropical (lying closest to the Equator in the Amazonian Basin), and the most isolated, due to an absence of effective roads. It was organized at the beginning of the 20th century from what was left of the Acre Territory, lost to Brazil as a result of the so-called [[Acre War]] (1903). Its capital city of [[Cobija]] (the smallest of all the Bolivian departmental capitals) was named after the much-lamented Bolivian port of the same name on the Pacific Ocean, part of an area lost to [[Chile]] following the [[War of the Pacific]].


Although remote, Pando is densely forested and close to navigable waterways leading to the [[Amazon River]] and from there on to the Atlantic Ocean. The department had a [[rubber]] [[Economic boom|boom]] in the late 19th century and early 20th century, along with the northern part of nearby Beni department. The local industry collapsed under competition with rubber cultivated in Southeast Asia, as well as the discovery and manufacture of [[synthetic rubber]].
Although remote, Pando is densely forested and close to navigable waterways leading to the [[Amazon River]] and from there on to the Atlantic Ocean. The department had a [[rubber]] [[Economic boom|boom]] in the late 19th century and early 20th century, along with the northern part of the nearby Beni department. The local industry collapsed under competition with rubber cultivated in Southeast Asia, as well as the discovery and manufacture of [[synthetic rubber]].


Culturally, the Pandinos are considered part of the so-called [[Camba]] culture of the Bolivian lowlands, similar to the people of the country's other two tropical departments, [[Beni Department|Beni]] and Santa Cruz. Many of Pando's original settlers moved from nearby Beni.
Culturally, the Pandinos are considered part of the so-called [[Camba]] culture of the Bolivian lowlands, similar to the people of the country's other two tropical departments, [[Beni Department|Beni]] and Santa Cruz. Many of Pando's original settlers moved from nearby Beni.


==Autonomy movement==
==Autonomy movement==
Far from the centers of power in Bolivian society, Pando has recently linked its fate with that of Santa Cruz and Beni, which (along with Tarija and Chuquisaca) are demanding increased autonomy for the departments, with a lessening in central government power. Prefect [[Leopoldo Fernández]] strongly backed autonomy for the department, in alliance with other governors of the eastern ''media luna'' (half-moon, so known for their combined geographic shape). Nationwide referenda on autonomy held on July 2, 2006, were approved in all four departments. A second referendum to approve a statute of autonomy was held by each department in mid-2008, despite being declared illegal by the National Electoral Court in March. Left-wing and pro-Morales social movements boycotted the votes.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Andean Information Network |url=http://ain-bolivia.org/2008/04/illegal-autonomy-referendum-deepens-division-in-bolivia/ |title=Illegal autonomy referendum deepens division in Bolivia |date=April 17, 2008}}</ref>
Far from the centers of power in Bolivian society, Pando has recently linked its fate with that of Santa Cruz and Beni, which (along with Tarija and Chuquisaca) are demanding increased autonomy for the departments, with a lessening in central government power. Prefect [[Leopoldo Fernández]] strongly backed autonomy for the department, in alliance with other governors of the eastern ''media luna'' (half-moon, so known for their combined geographic shape). Nationwide referendums on autonomy held on July 2, 2006, were approved in all four departments. A second referendum to approve a statute of autonomy was held by each department in mid-2008, despite being declared illegal by the National Electoral Court in March. Left-wing and pro-Morales social movements boycotted the votes.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Andean Information Network |url=http://ain-bolivia.org/2008/04/illegal-autonomy-referendum-deepens-division-in-bolivia/ |title=Illegal autonomy referendum deepens division in Bolivia |date=April 17, 2008}}</ref>


Pando's referendum, held on June 1, 2008, won 82% approval among those who voted. But 46.5% of the registered electorate did not vote, the highest abstention rate in the four departments holding such referenda.<ref>[http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/americas/news/article_1408718.php/Two_more_Bolivian_provinces_favour_more_autonomy__Roundup_ "Two more Bolivian provinces favour more autonomy"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605015449/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/americas/news/article_1408718.php/Two_more_Bolivian_provinces_favour_more_autonomy__Roundup_ |date=2008-06-05 }}, ''Monsters & Critics'', 2 June 2008.</ref> Considerable social unrest took place in 2008, culminating with the spectacular arrest in September 2008 of Prefect Leopoldo Fernández, stemming from the [[Porvenir Massacre|massacre at El Porvenir]] of anti-autonomy backers of President [[Evo Morales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43893|title=Governor Arrested for "Porvenir Massacre"|access-date=2009-01-27|last=Chavez|first=Franz|date=2008-09-16|publisher=[[Inter Press Service]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121015444/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43893|archive-date=2009-01-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Pando's referendum, held on June 1, 2008, won 82% approval among those who voted. But 46.5% of the registered electorate did not vote, the highest abstention rate in the four departments holding such referendums.<ref>[http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/americas/news/article_1408718.php/Two_more_Bolivian_provinces_favour_more_autonomy__Roundup_ "Two more Bolivian provinces favour more autonomy"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605015449/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/americas/news/article_1408718.php/Two_more_Bolivian_provinces_favour_more_autonomy__Roundup_ |date=2008-06-05 }}, ''Monsters & Critics'', 2 June 2008.</ref> Considerable social unrest took place in 2008, culminating with the arrest in September 2008 of Prefect Leopoldo Fernández, stemming from the [[Porvenir Massacre|massacre at El Porvenir]] of anti-autonomy backers of President [[Evo Morales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43893|title=Governor Arrested for "Porvenir Massacre"|access-date=2009-01-27|last=Chavez|first=Franz|date=2008-09-16|publisher=[[Inter Press Service]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121015444/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43893|archive-date=2009-01-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Provinces of Pando ==
== Provinces of Pando ==
Line 85: Line 94:
* [[Manuripi Province|Manuripi]]
* [[Manuripi Province|Manuripi]]
* [[Nicolás Suárez Province|Nicolás Suárez]]
* [[Nicolás Suárez Province|Nicolás Suárez]]

==Government==
===Executive offices===
The chief executive office of [[Departments of Bolivia|Bolivia departments]] (since May 2010) is the governor; until then, the office was called the prefect, and until 2006 the prefect was appointed by the [[President of Bolivia]]. The current governor, Regis Germán Richter of the [[Third System Movement|MTS]] was elected on 11 April 2021 after winning the second round of the [[2021 Bolivian regional elections|regional election]].<ref name="eab1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eabolivia.com/bolivia/26984-gobernador-de-pando-regis-richter.html |title=Gobernador de Pando, Regis Richter |work=eabolivia.com |language=Spanish |publisher= |date= |access-date=30 March 2023 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
! '''Took office'''
! '''Office expired'''
! '''Prefect'''/'''Governor'''
! '''Party'''
! '''Notes'''
|-
| 24 Jan 2006
| 16 Sep 2008
| [[Leopoldo Fernández Ferreira]]
| [[Social Democratic Power|PODEMOS]]
| First elected prefect. Elected in Bolivian general election, December 2005, removed from office.
|-
| 16 Sep 2008
| 30 May 2010
| [[Landelino Rafael Bandeira Arze]] (interim)
| Independent
| Appointed via presidential decree No. 29712, after Leopoldo Fernández was arrested for his role in the Porvenir massacre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vobolex.org/bolivia/decreto-presidencial-29712-del-20-septiembre-2008/ |title=Bolivia &#124; Decreto Presidencial No 29712 del 20 Septiembre 2008 |website=vobolex.org |language=Spanish |access-date=1 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canal26.com/general/evo-morales-designo-al-prefecto-interino-de-pando--74828 |title=Evo Morales designó al prefecto interino de Pando |work=canal26.com |language=Spanish |publisher= |date=20 September 2008 |access-date=1 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 30 May 2010
| 24 Dec 2014
| [[Luís Adolfo Flores Roberts]]
| [[MAS-IPSP]]
| Elected in the first round of the [[Bolivian regional election, 2010|regional election]] on 4 April 2010; first governor.
|-
| 24 Dec 2014
| 31 May 2015
| [[Edgar Polanco Tirina]] (interim)
| MAS-IPSP
|
|-
| 31 May 2015
| 3 Nov 2020
| [[Luís Adolfo Flores Roberts]]
| MAS-IPSP
| Elected in the first round of the [[Bolivian regional election, 2015|regional election]] on 29 March 2015.
|-
| 3 Nov 2020
| 3 May 2021
| [[Paola Terrazas Justiniano]] (interim)
| MAS-IPSP
|
|-
| 3 May 2021
|
| [[Regis Germán Richter Alencar]]
| [[Third System Movement|MTS]]
| Elected in a run-off election on 11 April 2021 during the [[2021 Bolivian regional elections|regional elections]].<ref name="eab1"></ref>
|}

===Legislative Assembly===
Under the 2009 Constitution, a Departmental Legislative Assembly was instituted for each Bolivian department. The [[Bolivian regional election, 2010#Chuquisaca|first elections]] hereunto were held on 4 April 2010. The legislature has 21 members. Its current composition, per the [[2021 Bolivian regional elections|last regional election]], is 13 seats for the [[Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples|MAS-IPSP]], 3 for indigenous representatives, 2 for the Democratic Integration Community and one each for [[Third System Movement|MTS]], ''Movimiento Democrático Autonomista'' and We Are All Pando.<ref name="pda">{{Cite web|url=https://perladelacre.com/olga-feliciano-nueva-presidenta-de-la-asamblea-departamental-de-pando/ |title=Olga Feliciano nueva presidenta de la Asamblea Departamental de Pando |website=perladelacre.com |language=Spanish |access-date=30 March 2023 }}</ref>

The current executive committee was determined per vote on 2 May 2022, selecting Olga Feliciano Ampuero as president, Almir Flores Muzumbite as vice-president, Josué Olmos Quetehuari as secretary and Keila Tirina Peralta and Georgina Ribero Chao as first and second committee member, respectively.<ref name="pda"></ref>


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
Line 114: Line 183:
|2001 |52,525
|2001 |52,525
|2012 |110,436
|2012 |110,436
|2020 |154,400
|2024 |130,761
}}
}}
{{clear}}
{{clear}}
Line 121: Line 190:
The predominant language in the department is Spanish. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognized group of speakers.<ref>[http://obd.descentralizacion.gob.bo/departamental/fichas/ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Spanish)</ref>
The predominant language in the department is Spanish. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognized group of speakers.<ref>[http://obd.descentralizacion.gob.bo/departamental/fichas/ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Spanish)</ref>


{|class="wikitable" border="1" style="width:30%;" border="1"
{|class="sortable wikitable" border="1" style="width:30%;" border="1"
|-bgcolor=silver
|-bgcolor=silver
! '''Language'''
! '''Language'''
! '''Department'''
! '''Pando'''
! '''Bolivia'''
! '''Bolivia'''
|-
|-
Line 168: Line 237:
* [[Manuripi-Heath Amazonian Wildlife National Reserve]]
* [[Manuripi-Heath Amazonian Wildlife National Reserve]]
* International Recreational Fishing Championship of [[Puerto Rico (Pando)|Puerto Rico]], Pando, Bolivia
* International Recreational Fishing Championship of [[Puerto Rico (Pando)|Puerto Rico]], Pando, Bolivia
* El Chivé
* El Chivé<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trip-suggest.com/bolivia/pando/chive/|title = Chive Destination Guide (Pando, Bolivia) - Trip-Suggest}}</ref> ([[:es::Chivé|es]])
* [[Porvenir (Pando)]]
* [[Porvenir (Pando)]]


Latest revision as of 11:13, 10 September 2024

Pando
Departamento de Pando (Spanish)
Department
Meeting of Waters, Manuripi and Madre de Dios Rivers, Near Sena, Bolivia
Meeting of Waters, Manuripi and Madre de Dios Rivers, Near Sena, Bolivia
Flag of the Pando Department
Flag
Motto(s): 

"Trabajo Industria Progreso"
"Work, Industry, Progress"
Anthem:
Tierra santa, vestida de gloria
Holy land, dressed in glory
Map indicating the Pando Department within Bolivia
Pando Department (red) within Bolivia.
EstablishedSeptember 24, 1938
Named forJosé Manuel Pando
CapitalCobijaa
Provinces5
Government
 • BodyDepartmental Legislative Assembly of Pando
 • GovernorRegis Germán Richter (MTS)
 • Senators4 of 36
 • Deputies5 of 130
Area
 • Total63,827 km2 (24,644 sq mi)
 • Rank5th in Bolivia
 5.82% of Bolivia
Population
 (2024 census)
 • Total130,761
 • Density2.0/km2 (5.3/sq mi)
 • % of Bolivia
1.0
 • Rank
9th in Bolivia
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)
Area code+(591) 3
ISO 3166 codeBO-N
Official languageSpanish
GDP (2023)in constant Dollar of 2015[1]
 - TotalUS$ 0.5 billion
Int$ 1.1 billion (PPP)
 - Per capitaUS$ 2,900
Int$ 6,700 (PPP)
AbbreviationsPA
HDI (2019)0.743[2]
high · 2nd of 9
Websitewww.pando.gob.bo
a. Also largest city.

Pando is a department in Northern Bolivia, with an area of 63,827 square kilometres (24,644 sq mi), in the Amazon Rainforest, adjoining the border with Brazil and Perú. Pando has a population of 130,761 (2024 census).[3] Its capital is the city of Cobija.

The department, named after former president José Manuel Pando (1899–1905), is divided into five provinces.

Although Pando is rich in natural resources, the poverty level of its inhabitants is high, due largely to the lack of roads effectively linking the province to the rest of the country. In addition, residents suffer from debilitating effects of tropical diseases, typical of life in the Amazonian rain forest. The main economic activities are agriculture, timber, and cattle.

At an altitude of 280 metres above sea level in the northwestern jungle region, Pando is located in the rainiest part of Bolivia. Pando has a hot climate, with temperatures commonly above 26 degrees Celsius (80 Fahrenheit).

Pando is the least populous department in Bolivia, the most tropical (lying closest to the Equator in the Amazonian Basin), and the most isolated, due to an absence of effective roads. It was organized at the beginning of the 20th century from what was left of the Acre Territory, lost to Brazil as a result of the so-called Acre War (1903). Its capital city of Cobija (the smallest of all the Bolivian departmental capitals) was named after the much-lamented Bolivian port of the same name on the Pacific Ocean, part of an area lost to Chile following the War of the Pacific.

Although remote, Pando is densely forested and close to navigable waterways leading to the Amazon River and from there on to the Atlantic Ocean. The department had a rubber boom in the late 19th century and early 20th century, along with the northern part of the nearby Beni department. The local industry collapsed under competition with rubber cultivated in Southeast Asia, as well as the discovery and manufacture of synthetic rubber.

Culturally, the Pandinos are considered part of the so-called Camba culture of the Bolivian lowlands, similar to the people of the country's other two tropical departments, Beni and Santa Cruz. Many of Pando's original settlers moved from nearby Beni.

Autonomy movement

[edit]

Far from the centers of power in Bolivian society, Pando has recently linked its fate with that of Santa Cruz and Beni, which (along with Tarija and Chuquisaca) are demanding increased autonomy for the departments, with a lessening in central government power. Prefect Leopoldo Fernández strongly backed autonomy for the department, in alliance with other governors of the eastern media luna (half-moon, so known for their combined geographic shape). Nationwide referendums on autonomy held on July 2, 2006, were approved in all four departments. A second referendum to approve a statute of autonomy was held by each department in mid-2008, despite being declared illegal by the National Electoral Court in March. Left-wing and pro-Morales social movements boycotted the votes.[4]

Pando's referendum, held on June 1, 2008, won 82% approval among those who voted. But 46.5% of the registered electorate did not vote, the highest abstention rate in the four departments holding such referendums.[5] Considerable social unrest took place in 2008, culminating with the arrest in September 2008 of Prefect Leopoldo Fernández, stemming from the massacre at El Porvenir of anti-autonomy backers of President Evo Morales.[6]

Provinces of Pando

[edit]

Government

[edit]

Executive offices

[edit]

The chief executive office of Bolivia departments (since May 2010) is the governor; until then, the office was called the prefect, and until 2006 the prefect was appointed by the President of Bolivia. The current governor, Regis Germán Richter of the MTS was elected on 11 April 2021 after winning the second round of the regional election.[7]

Took office Office expired Prefect/Governor Party Notes
24 Jan 2006 16 Sep 2008 Leopoldo Fernández Ferreira PODEMOS First elected prefect. Elected in Bolivian general election, December 2005, removed from office.
16 Sep 2008 30 May 2010 Landelino Rafael Bandeira Arze (interim) Independent Appointed via presidential decree No. 29712, after Leopoldo Fernández was arrested for his role in the Porvenir massacre.[8][9]
30 May 2010 24 Dec 2014 Luís Adolfo Flores Roberts MAS-IPSP Elected in the first round of the regional election on 4 April 2010; first governor.
24 Dec 2014 31 May 2015 Edgar Polanco Tirina (interim) MAS-IPSP
31 May 2015 3 Nov 2020 Luís Adolfo Flores Roberts MAS-IPSP Elected in the first round of the regional election on 29 March 2015.
3 Nov 2020 3 May 2021 Paola Terrazas Justiniano (interim) MAS-IPSP
3 May 2021 Regis Germán Richter Alencar MTS Elected in a run-off election on 11 April 2021 during the regional elections.[7]

Legislative Assembly

[edit]

Under the 2009 Constitution, a Departmental Legislative Assembly was instituted for each Bolivian department. The first elections hereunto were held on 4 April 2010. The legislature has 21 members. Its current composition, per the last regional election, is 13 seats for the MAS-IPSP, 3 for indigenous representatives, 2 for the Democratic Integration Community and one each for MTS, Movimiento Democrático Autonomista and We Are All Pando.[10]

The current executive committee was determined per vote on 2 May 2022, selecting Olga Feliciano Ampuero as president, Almir Flores Muzumbite as vice-president, Josué Olmos Quetehuari as secretary and Keila Tirina Peralta and Georgina Ribero Chao as first and second committee member, respectively.[10]

Demographics

[edit]
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1976 34,493—    
1992 38,072+0.62%
2001 52,525+3.64%
2012 110,436+6.99%
2024 130,761+1.42%
Source: Citypopulation[11]

Languages

[edit]

The predominant language in the department is Spanish. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognized group of speakers.[12]

Language Pando Bolivia
Quechua 1,708 2,281,198
Aymara 1,848 1,525,321
Guaraní 35 62,575
Another native 861 49,432
Spanish 45,969 6,821,626
Foreign 7,719 250,754
Only native 336 960,491
Native and Spanish 3,676 2,739,407
Spanish and foreign 44,491 4,115,751

Places of interest

[edit]
[edit]
  • The Brazil nut seen near Cobija
    The Brazil nut seen near Cobija
  • A typical Jaguar in the Amazon
    A typical Jaguar in the Amazon
  • Cobija is the departamental capital
    Cobija is the departamental capital
  • Typical Amazonian meanders on Tahuamanu River near Filadelfia, Pando, Bolivia
    Typical Amazonian meanders on Tahuamanu River near Filadelfia, Pando, Bolivia
  • Monument in Cobija
    Monument in Cobija

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "TelluBase—BoliviaFact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ "Pando (Department, Bolivia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  4. ^ "Illegal autonomy referendum deepens division in Bolivia". Andean Information Network. April 17, 2008.
  5. ^ "Two more Bolivian provinces favour more autonomy" Archived 2008-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, Monsters & Critics, 2 June 2008.
  6. ^ Chavez, Franz (2008-09-16). "Governor Arrested for "Porvenir Massacre"". Inter Press Service. Archived from the original on 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  7. ^ a b "Gobernador de Pando, Regis Richter". eabolivia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Bolivia | Decreto Presidencial No 29712 del 20 Septiembre 2008". vobolex.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Evo Morales designó al prefecto interino de Pando". canal26.com (in Spanish). 20 September 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Olga Feliciano nueva presidenta de la Asamblea Departamental de Pando". perladelacre.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Bolivia: Provinces".
  12. ^ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo[permanent dead link] (Spanish)
[edit]

11°11′S 67°11′W / 11.183°S 67.183°W / -11.183; -67.183

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pando_Department&oldid=1244989689"