Cobija

The Bolivian metropolis of Cobija is positioned about six hundred km north of l. a. Paz inside the Amazon Basin on the border with Brazil. Cobija lies on the banks of the Rio Acre throughout from the Brazilian metropolis of Brasileia. Cobija lies at an elevation of ca. 280 m above sea degree and has a tropical and wet climate. Cobija has approximately 56,000 inhabitants, is the seat of a university and capital of the Bolivian Pando branch. Cobija has airports and is connected by way of one avenue to El Choro within the Beni department, which is not always satisfactory all through the wet season. when the rain permits it, Cobija is connected to the rest of Bolivia additionally through street.

Cobija is attached to Brazil via bridges. Cobija was founded in 1906 by Colonel Enrique Cornejo, initially beneath the call of Bahía and obtained its contemporary name in 1908 in commemoration of the former Bolivian seaport Cobija at the Pacific, which has been a part of Chile because the struggle of the Pacific. in the early 1900s, Cobija skilled a growth as an India rubber enterprise center. while the industry collapsed, a main supply of income being lost, Cobija became impoverished and its population fell. these days, Cobija is growing once more and its population is growing. currently, the vicinity's primary enterprise is Bolivia nuts, even though tourism and commerce are growing.