Arque Municipality

Arque Municipality is the first municipal section of the Arque Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Arque. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 11,806 inhabitants.[1] It has the lowest HDI of Bolivia with 0.311.

Arque Municipality
Municipality
Arque Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°49′S 66°26′W
Country Bolivia
DepartmentCochabamba Department
ProvinceArque Province
SeatArque
Government
  MayorHilarion Valencia Anabe (2007)
  PresidentGaby Gutierrez Hurtade (2007)
Elevation
11,500 ft (3,500 m)
Population
 (2001)
  Total11,806
Time zoneUTC-4 (-4)

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:[2][3]

Cantons

The municipality is divided into two cantons. They are (their seats in parentheses):

  • Arque Canton - (Arque)
  • Colcha Canton - (Colcha)

Languages

The languages spoken in the Arque Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish.[4]

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 10,793
Aymara 107
Guaraní 3
Another native 2
Spanish 2,185
Foreign 13
Only native 8,778
Native and Spanish 2,052
Only Spanish 134

See also

References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001 Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
  2. Bolivia 1:100,000 Tarata 3635, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  3. "Arque". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  4. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)


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