Bolívar Province is a
province in the
Bolivia
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department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Cochabamba. Its capital is the city of
Bolívar, named after
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and B ...
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Venezuelan military and political leader.
Subdivision
The province is not further subdivided into municipalities. So Bolívar Municipality and Bolívar Province are identical. The province is divided into nine
cantons.
The people
The people are predominantly
indigenous citizens of
Quechuan descent.
Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
Languages
The languages spoken in the Bolívar Province are mainly
Quechua and
Spanish.
obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático
(Spanish)
See also
* Machu Tanka Tanka
* Sirk'i
* Wayna Tanka Tanka
References
External links
Population data and map of Bolívar Province (Bolívar Municipality)
Provinces of Cochabamba Department
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