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Rocha River
Rocha River or Kunturillu River (Quechua ''kunturillu'' black and white, Hispanicized spelling ''Condorillo'', also ''Kundurillu, Kunturillo'') which upstream is called Mayllanku ''(Maylanco)'' is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province. Map of the Rocha River basin From the point of the confluence with the Arque River the river is called Caine River. The river whose original name is Kunturillu owes its present name to Captain Martín de la Rocha who diverted the river in 1565. Gallery |
Quillacollo
Quillacollo is the capital of Quillacollo Province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. The municipality was established on 14 September 1905 under the Presidency of Ismail Montes. Population and growth The city of Quillacollo is located westward of Cochabamba City. Quillacollo's population is 74,980 based on the 2001 census. The National Statistics Institute estimated in 2010 that the population had grown unexpectedly rapidly to approximately 142,724. The increase in population makes Quillacollo the second fastest growing city in Bolivia after El Alto in La Paz. Quillacollo City is one of the various provincial capitals around Cochabamba City, which are increasingly swallowed by the extending perimeter of "greater" Cochabamba (city). Quillacollo is linked to the city of Cochabamba through the Avenida Blanco Galindo, a particularly busy stretch on the main national highway. Quillacollo is mostly a market town with a sizable agricultural hinterland, but also hosts some relevant i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
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Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa Jach'a Suyu, es, Departamento de Cochabamba , qu, Quchapampa Suyu), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products from its geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km2. Its population in the 2012 census was 1,758,143. Its capital is the city of Cochabamba, known as the "City of Eternal Spring" and "The Garden City" because of its spring-like temperatures all year. History The Cochabamba valley was inhabited for over a thousand years due to its fertile productive soils and climate. Archaeological evidence suggests that the initial valley inhabitants were of various ethnic indigenous groups. Tiwanaku, Tupuraya, Mojocoya, Omereque and Inca inhabited the valley at various times before the Spanish arrived. The first Spanish inhabitant of the Valley was Garci Ruiz de Orell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caine River
Caine is a river located in the eastern cordilleras of the Bolivian Andes in South America. It flows through the Cochabamba Department and the Potosí Department Potosí (; Aymara: ''Putusi''; qu, P'utuqsi) is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km2 with 823,517 inhabitants (2012 census). The capital is the city of Potosí. It is mostly a barren, mountainous region with on .... See also * Jaya Mayu * Puka Mayu Caine Rivers of Cochabamba Department {{Bolivia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pukara Mayu
Pukara Mayu (Aymara and Quechua ''pukara'' fortress or mountain of protection, ''mayu'' river, Hispanicized spelling ''Pucara Mayu'') is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Chapare Province, Sacaba Municipality. Map of the Rocha River Basin It is a left affluent of Mayllanku River (Maylanco) which receives the name when it enters the Cochabamba Municipality. See also *List of rivers of Bolivia< ...
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Ch'aki Mayu (Cochabamba)
Ch'aki Mayu (Quechua ''ch'aki'' dry, ''mayu'' river, "dry river", Hispanicized spelling ''Chaqui Mayu'') is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province, Sipe Sipe Municipality. It is a right affluent of the Rocha River which belongs to the Amazon river basin. Ch'aki Mayu flows in a large bow from the west to the east around Sipe Sipe. The confluence with the Rocha River is south east of the town. Map of the Rocha River basin showing Ch'aki Mayu See also *List of rivers of Bolivia
This is a list of rivers in Bolivia.
By drainage basin
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Quechua Language
Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with an estimated 8–10 million speakers as of 2004.Adelaar 2004, pp. 167–168, 255. Approximately 25% (7.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechuan language. It is perhaps most widely known for being the main language family of the Inca Empire. The Spanish encouraged its use until the Peruvian War of Independence, Peruvian struggle for independence of the 1780s. As a result, Quechua variants are still widely spoken today, being the co-official language of many regions and the second most spoken language family in Peru. History Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quillacollo Province
Quillacollo is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is known for its festival in August where people from all over Bolivia come and pay homage to the Virgin of Urqupiña (''Virgen de Urqupiña''). Quillacollo is said to be one of the fastest-growing cities in Bolivia. Geography One of the highest peaks of the province is Tunari at . Other mountains are listed below:Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Quillacollo 6341-IVBolivian IGM map 1:100,000 Quillacollo 3636 Subdivision The province is divided into five municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons. Languages The languages spoken in the Quillacollo Province are mainly Spanish and Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So .... The following table shows the number of those belonging to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arque River
Arque River is one of the headwaters of Río Grande and Mamoré River in Bolivia. Arque River has its source in the Kimsa Cruz mountain range on the western slope of the mountain Waylluma at , 50 km northeast of the mining city Oruro and 65 km southwest of Cochabamba. The river flows 50 km in a southeasterly direction before it turns northeast. At kilometer 58 there is the provincial capital Arque on the northern bank of the river, at kilometer 72 the village Umani on the southern bank, and at kilometer 85 the town of Capinota on the northern bank. The watershed of Arque River comprises 2.224 km². At Capinota, the base flow of the river is 2 to 2.5 m³/s. However, when the river rises during the rainy season (November-April), the flow can be up to 900 m³/s. The sediments which Arque River carries in the rainy season can be up to 120 g/L. After a total of 88 km Arque River joins Rocha River at {{Coord, 17, 42, 10, S, 66, 14, 45, W at an elevation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochabamba
Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa; qu, Quchapampa) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and the fourth largest city in Bolivia, with a population of 630,587 according to the 2012 Bolivian census. Its name is from a compound of the Quechua words ''qucha'' "lake" and '' pampa'', "open plain." Residents of the city and the surrounding areas are commonly referred to as ''cochalas'' or, more formally, ''cochabambinos''. It is known as the "City of Eternal Spring" or "The Garden City" because of its spring-like temperatures all year round. It is also known as "La Llajta," which means "town" in Quechua. It is the largest urban center between the higher capital of La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra in the tropical plains of the east. It sits south-west of the Tunari mountains, and north of the foothills of the Valle Alto. In antiquity, the area featured numerous lakes, which gave the city its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacaba
Sacaba, Sakawa is a capital city and a Municipalities of Bolivia, municipality in the Bolivian province of Chapare Province, Chapare. The city, located 13 kilometers eastward from Cochabamba, is the second largest city in the Cochabamba Department after Cochabamba city. Post-colonial architecture may be seen in the inner part of Sacaba; however, some has been destroyed due to lack of municipal care. Sacaba was the site of anti-coca eradication riots in 2002, which caused the removal of Evo Morales, leader of the ''cocalero'' movement and the Movement for Socialism (Bolivia), MAS, from his seat in the Bolivian congress. Morales opposed the closing of a coca market in Sacaba, and ensuing protests involved the death of several people on both sides. Morales served as president of Bolivia between 2006 and 2019. Demographics At the time of census 2001 Sacaba had 92,581 residents. Due to the lack of space in Cochabamba city's boundaries, several new urbanization complexes have been buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Bolivia
This is a list of rivers in Bolivia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rivers longer than are in bold. Rivers that reach the ocean Amazon Basin ** Madeira River *** Abuná River **** Río Negro ***** Pacahuaras River **** Mapiri River **** Rapirrán River **** Chipamanu River **** Xipamanu River *** Beni River including Alto Beni **** Orthon River ***** Tahuamanu River ****** Muymano River ***** Mamuripi River ****** Manuripe River **** Madre de Dios River ***** Sena River ****** San Martín River ****** Manuripi River ***** Heath River ***** Tambopata River **** Ivón River **** Arroyo Verde **** Madidi River ***** Esmeralda River ***** Claro River **** Tuichi River ***** Yariapo River ***** Pelechuco River **** Quiquibey River **** Kaka River ***** Coroico River ****** Camata River ****** Zongo River ***** Mapiri River ****** Challana River ****** Tipuani River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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