José Manuel Pando Province (José Manuel Pando)
José Manuel Pando is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It was founded on April 22, 1986, during the presidency of Víctor Paz Estenssoro. The province was named after José Manuel Pando (1848-1917) who was the president of Bolivia from 1899 till 1904. Its capital is Santiago de Machaca.
The province is situated in the western part of the Bolivian Altiplano, south of Lake Titicaca. To the west it is bordered by Peru, to the southeast by the Pacajes Province and to the northeast by the Ingavi Province.
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
• Apachita
• Ch'alla Willk'i
• Ch'iyar Jaqhi
• Jach'a Qiñwa Qullu
• Janq'u Qullu
• Jichu Kunka
• Jisk'a Qiñwa Qullu
The province is situated in the western part of the Bolivian Altiplano, south of Lake Titicaca. To the west it is bordered by Peru, to the southeast by the Pacajes Province and to the northeast by the Ingavi Province.
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
• Apachita
• Ch'alla Willk'i
• Ch'iyar Jaqhi
• Jach'a Qiñwa Qullu
• Janq'u Qullu
• Jichu Kunka
• Jisk'a Qiñwa Qullu
Map - José Manuel Pando Province (José Manuel Pando)
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Country - Bolivia
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The sovereign state of Bolivia is a constitutionally unitary state, divided into nine departments. Its geography varies from the peaks of the Andes in the West, to the Eastern Lowlands, situated within the Amazon basin. One-third of the country is within the Andean mountain range. With 1098581 km2 of area, Bolivia is the fifth largest country in South America, after Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Colombia (and alongside Paraguay, one of the only two landlocked countries in the Americas), the 27th largest in the world, the largest landlocked country in the Southern Hemisphere, and the world's seventh largest landlocked country, after Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Chad, Niger, Mali, and Ethiopia.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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BOB | Boliviano | Bs | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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AY | Aymara language |
QU | Quechua language |
ES | Spanish language |