Cobija
title: "Cobija" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-pando-department", "populated-places-established-in-1906", "bolivia–brazil-border-crossings", "1906-establishments-in-bolivia"] topic_path: "geography/brazil" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobija" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | City |
| motto | |
| image_skyline | {{multiple image |
| border | infobox |
| total_width | 300 |
| perrow | 1/2/3/1 |
| caption_align | center |
| image1 | Ciudad de Cobija, Bol.jpg |
| caption1 | Aerial view of Cobija |
| image2 | Webysther 20130224160953 - Prédio do governo municipal de Cobija.jpg |
| caption2 | Municipal Government Palace |
| image3 | Monumento al Esfuerzo de la Carretera y su Carretón Histórico.jpg |
| caption3 | Monument to the Highway Effort and its Historic Cart |
| image4 | Cobija 41 Plaza Judicial.jpg |
| caption4 | Judicial Plaza |
| image5 | Webysther 20130224143209 - Rua das palmeiras (Rua Odilon Pratagi).jpg |
| caption5 | Odilon Pratagi Street |
| image6 | Square in Cobija, Bolivia1.JPG |
| caption6 | Square and church |
| image7 | PonteBra-Bol-WP.jpg |
| caption7 | Wilson Pinheiro Binational Bridge (Friendship Bridge) |
| imagesize | 280px |
| image_flag | Flag of Cobija, Bolivia.svg |
| pushpin_map | Bolivia#South America |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_relief | 1 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Bolivia |
| subdivision_type | |
| subdivision_name | [[Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | [[Image:Flag of Pando.svg |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Nicolás Suárez |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Ana Lucia Reis Melena |
| leader_title1 | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1906 |
| established_title2 | |
| established_title3 | |
| established_date3 | |
| area_total_km2 | 401 |
| area_land_km2 | |
| area_blank1_sq_mi | |
| population_as_of | 2020 |
| population_total | 78555 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_blank1_title | Ethnicities |
| population_blank1 | |
| timezone | BOT |
| utc_offset | -4 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 280 |
| elevation_ft | 919 |
| postal_code_type | |
| area_code | +591 842 |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] the current city in Bolivia ::
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Cobija is a city in Bolivia, capital of the department of Pando, and is located about 600 km (373 mi.) north of La Paz in the Amazon Basin on the border with Brazil. Cobija lies on the banks of the Rio Acre across from the Brazilian city of Brasiléia. Cobija lies at an elevation of ca. 280 m (920 ft.) above sea level and has a tropical and rainy climate.
Cobija has approximately 80,000 inhabitants, is the seat of a university and capital of the Bolivian Pando Department. Cobija has two airports and is connected by one road to El Choro in the Beni Department, which is not always passable during the rainy season. When the rain allows it, Cobija is connected to the rest of Bolivia also via road. Cobija is connected to Brazil by two bridges.
History
Cobija was founded in 1906 by Colonel Enrique Cornejo, originally under the name of Bahía and received its current name in 1908 in commemoration of the former Bolivian seaport Cobija on the Pacific, which has been a part of Chile since the War of the Pacific. In the early 1900s, Cobija experienced a boom as an India rubber industry center. When the industry collapsed, a major source of income being lost, Cobija became impoverished and its population fell. Nowadays, Cobija is developing again and its population is increasing. Currently, the region's primary industry is Bolivia nuts, although tourism and commerce are growing. There is a Free economic zone in the city, the largest in Bolivia.
Population
The inhabitants of Cobija has risen very strongly during the past two decades to more than five-fold. Currently the estimated population is as much as 80,000 inhabitants with a population growth of 6 to 8% per year. ::data[format=table]
| Year | Population | Census | 10 001 | 20 820 | 78,555 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423142224/http://www.ine.gob.bo/indice/poblacion92Proy.aspx?gestion=1992 | date=2014-04-23 }} | |||
| 2001 | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303023700/http://www.ine.gob.bo/comunitaria/comunitariaVer.aspx?Depto=09&Prov=01&Seccion=01 | date=2016-03-03 }} | |||
| 2020 | census | ||||
| :: |
Sports
The Estadio Roberto Jordán Cuellar is located in Cobija. The football stadium has a capacity of 24,000.
Climate
The city of Cobija sits on a sharp curve of the Acre river, at an altitude of 280 m above sea level and in the north-western Amazon region of Bolivia. Cobija is classified as a tropical monsoon climate, Am in the Köppen classification system. Cobija has two distinct seasons, with a noticeable dry season and a wet rainy season fed by powerful thunderstorms, with hot temperatures year-round.
|metric first=y |single line=y |location = Cobjia (Captain Aníbal Arab Airport), elevation 235 m |Jan record high C = 37.2 |Feb record high C = 35.5 |Mar record high C = 35.0 |Apr record high C = 36.2 |May record high C = 36.0 |Jun record high C = 37.2 |Jul record high C = 38.0 |Aug record high C = 39.5 |Sep record high C = 40.7 |Oct record high C = 40.6 |Nov record high C = 36.6 |Dec record high C = 36.5 |Jan record low C = 14.8 |Feb record low C = 15.0 |Mar record low C = 12.8 |Apr record low C = 11.2 |May record low C = 8.0 |Jun record low C = 9.4 |Jul record low C = 7.0 |Aug record low C = 7.1 |Sep record low C = 8.0 |Oct record low C = 10.0 |Nov record low C = 10.5 |Dec record low C = 14.5 |Jan high C = 30.8 |Feb high C = 30.7 |Mar high C = 31.0 |Apr high C = 30.9 |May high C = 30.2 |Jun high C = 30.2 |Jul high C = 30.7 |Aug high C = 32.6 |Sep high C = 32.5 |Oct high C = 32.4 |Nov high C = 31.5 |Dec high C = 31.0 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 26.2 |Feb mean C = 26.0 |Mar mean C = 26.2 |Apr mean C = 25.9 |May mean C = 24.9 |Jun mean C = 24.2 |Jul mean C = 23.9 |Aug mean C = 25.2 |Sep mean C = 26.0 |Oct mean C = 26.7 |Nov mean C = 26.4 |Dec mean C = 26.2 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 21.5 |Feb low C = 21.4 |Mar low C = 21.4 |Apr low C = 20.9 |May low C = 19.5 |Jun low C = 18.0 |Jul low C = 16.9 |Aug low C = 17.9 |Sep low C = 19.5 |Oct low C = 20.8 |Nov low C = 21.2 |Dec low C = 21.5 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 260.1 |Feb precipitation mm = 263.9 |Mar precipitation mm = 244.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 180.5 |May precipitation mm = 85.0 |Jun precipitation mm = 32.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 23.2 |Aug precipitation mm = 42.3 |Sep precipitation mm = 98.2 |Oct precipitation mm = 165.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 227.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 252.3 |year precipitation mm = | Jan precipitation days = 18.3 | Feb precipitation days = 17.0 | Mar precipitation days = 17.3 | Apr precipitation days = 12.4 | May precipitation days = 7.8 | Jun precipitation days = 3.9 | Jul precipitation days = 2.8 | Aug precipitation days = 3.5 | Sep precipitation days = 6.8 | Oct precipitation days = 11.2 | Nov precipitation days = 14.1 | Dec precipitation days = 17.0 | year precipitation days = | Jan humidity = 84.1 | Feb humidity = 84.7 | Mar humidity = 84.4 | Apr humidity = 83.4 | May humidity = 81.7 | Jun humidity = 80.0 | Jul humidity = 75.1 | Aug humidity = 71.8 | Sep humidity = 73.9 | Oct humidity = 77.9 | Nov humidity = 80.9 | Dec humidity = 82.8 | year humidity = |source 1 = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180607025840/http://senamhi.gob.bo/index.php/sismet | archive-date = 7 June 2018 | url = http://senamhi.gob.bo/index.php/sismet | title = Base de datos Sistema Meteorológico–SISMET | publisher = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia | language = es | access-date = 12 June 2024}} | url = https://www.scribd.com/document/542708736/Indices-Agrometeorologicos-149-Estaciones | title = índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia | publisher = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia | language = es | access-date = 12 June 2024}}
Gallery
File:COBIJA 149 Busto José Manuel Pando.JPG|Cobija, Bolivia File:Cobija Parque Central por Richard Weiss.JPG|Central Park in Cobija File:Riberalta to Cobija por Richard Weiss.JPG|View along the road towards Riberalta File:Cobija Airport1.JPG|Old facade of Cobija airport, before the reformation. File:COBIJA 135 Simón Bolívar.JPG|Simón Bolívar bust in Cobija File:COBIJA 140 Pileta Plaza Potosí.JPG|Cobija, Pando, Bolivia File:CBJA - 15Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Pilar.JPG|Nuestra Señora del Pilar Cathedral in Cobija and the city main square File:Cobija (Bolívia).jpg|Cobija, 1930.
Transportation
Cobija is served by major Bolivian airlines at Captain Aníbal Arab Airport and by buses to Riberalta. The Interoceanic Highway passes through the city of Cobija.
References
References
- "Bolivia: Municipal Division (Departments and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- "Zofra - Zofra Cobija".
- link. (2014-04-23)
- link. (2016-03-03)
- "Bolivia: Municipal Division (Departments and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- "VISIT BOLIVIA | Promoción del desarrollo del turismo sostenible en Bolivia. | la Paz - Bolivia".
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