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5 unusual facts about Pando


Brasiléia

Not just consumers are turning to the Bolivian economy, but entrepreneurs as well due to free trade zone of Cobija (the departmental capital of Pando province and Nicolás Suárez).

Emigdio Flores Calpiñeiro

In 1997 he was elected from Pando, through the proportional representation vote as a Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) candidate.

Juan Carlos Riss Cecin

An economist by profession, Riss Cecin served as a parliamentarian in the Chamber of Deputies 1989–1993, Senator 1993–1997 and again in the Chamber of Deputies (elected from Pando through proportional representation on the list of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement).

Military of Uruguay

The Air Force Academy (Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica) is located at General Artigas Air Base in Pando, Canelones; the Air Force Technical Academy (Escuela Técnica de Aeronáutica) in Toledo Sur, Canelones; and the Air Force Command Academy (Escuela de Comando y Estado Mayor Aéreo) at Captain Boiso Lanza Air Base in Montevideo.

Water resources management in Bolivia

The lowest levels of coverage are found in the departments of Pando, Potosí, and Oruro.


Astrocaryum aculeatum

Astrocaryum aculeatum is found in and around the Amazon Basin, from Trinidad and Tobago in the north, through Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, the Brazilian states of Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and south through the Bolivian departments of Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz.

Camba

"Camba" is a word historically used in Bolivia to refer to the indigenous population in the Eastern tropical region of the country, or to those born in the area of Santa Cruz, Beni, and Pando (the Eastern region of Bolivia).

Carlos Cárdenas

Carlos Cárdenas Rodriguez (born October 5, 1976 in Cobija, Pando) is a former Bolivian football striker.

El Pinar, Uruguay

Its south limit is the coastline of the Río de la Plata and it shares borders with Lomas de Solymar to the west, with Neptunia to the east, with the stream Arroyo Pando separating the two, and with Country Villa Juana to the north.

Eugenio Coter

On April 24, 2013, he was ordained bishop in the Cathedral Church of Riberalta by the bishops Luis Morgan Casey, vicar apostolic emeritus of Pando, cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and Tito Solari Capellari, archbishop of Cochabamba.

Foreign policy of Evo Morales

Following the September 11, 2008 massacre in the northern department of Pando, an emergency meeting of the regional grouping UNASUR was called in Santiago, Chile.

Leopoldo Fernández

A member of Social and Democratic Power (PODEMOS) Fernández was Prefect (Governor) of the northern Bolivian department of Pando from 2006 to 2008.

Llanos de Moxos

Most of the Llanos de Moxos lies within the departments of El Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, and Santa Cruz.

Media Luna

The Media Luna (half moon) or Media Luna Ampliada (extended half-moon) refers to a group of four departments – Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando, and Tarija – in Bolivia which became the geographic area of opposition to the national government led by Evo Morales and the Movement for Socialism (MAS).

Nicolás Suárez Province

Its name honors Nicolás Suárez Callaú (1861-1940) who owned major parts of today's Pando and Beni Departments in the times of the caoutchouc-boom.

Pando Networks

In the spring of 2006, the company publicly launched Pando, a small application that let consumers bypass email's attachment limits and send large files (up to 1GB) regardless of email service provider.

Politics of Bolivia

Bolivia is divided in nine departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Beni, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija.


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