Manchester, Bolivia

Manchester
Town
Manchester is located in Bolivia
Manchester
Manchester
Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 11°33′S 68°04′W / 11.550°S 68.067°W / -11.550; -68.067
Country Bolivia
Department Pando Department
ProvinceNicolás Suárez Province
Elevation
603 ft (184 m)
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Manchester is a remote town in the Pando Department of northern Bolivia, on the banks of the Manuripi River in Bolivian Amazonia. Manchester is about 60 miles (97 km) from the Department capital, Cobija.

Anthony Webster-James, a metallurgical engineer from Manchester, England, set up a rubber smelter in the area, in association with Simon Patino, towards the end of the 19th century. A workers' settlement grew up around the facility, which Webster-James named Manchester, after his hometown. As there are few metalled roads in the region, most goods and people are transported by river.[1]

  1. ^ Cookson 2002, pp. 16–17