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Esteban Arce is a
province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
in
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 ...
,
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. Its capital is Tarata. Many people from the Esteban Arze province (Tarata and Arbieto) have migrated abroad,mainly to Argentina and to the Washington DC area (Arlington county, Fairfax county, and Alexandria Virginia, and Montgomery County Maryland.) https://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/only-bridge-matters-now


Subdivision

The province is divided into four
municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
which are further subdivided into
cantons A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, t ...
. The municipalities with their seats are:


Places of interest

* Laguna La Angostura


Holidays and Feasts

The province's primary feast is in honor of Saint Severin, which is celebrated the last Sunday of November in the town of Tarata.


See also

* Atuq Wachana * Jatun Mayu * Jatun Urqu * Jatun Urqu (Matarani) *
Jaya Mayu Jaya Mayu (Quechua ''jaya'' pungency, locoto, ''mayu'' river) is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Esteban Arce Province, Anzaldo Municipality.
* Misuk'ani * Puka Qawiña *
Pukara Pukara (Aymara and Quechuan "fortress", Hispanicized spellings ''pucara, pucará'') is a defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic and historic inhabitants of the central Andean area (from Ecuador to central Chile and nor ...


External links


Map of Esteban Arce Province

www.ine.gov.bo
Provinces of Cochabamba Department {{CochabambaBO-geo-stub