Tiraque 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 the
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 ...
in central
Bolivia
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. Its capital is
Tiraque
Tiraque is a location in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, and capital of the Tiraque Province
Tiraque is a province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Its capital is Tiraque.
Subdivision
The province is divided into two muni ...
.
Subdivision
The province is divided into two
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
which are further subdivided into cantons.
Shinahota Municipality (formerly Shinahota Canton or Central Busch Canton being a part of Tiraque Province) was created on July 4, 2009.
Languages
The languages spoken in the Tiraque Province are mainly
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 ...
and
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
.
obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático
(Spanish)
Places of interest
* Carrasco National Park
Carrasco National Park is a national park in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It has a surface area of 6,226 square kilometers. More than 5,000 plant species have been registered in the area, placing the park among Bolivia's most biologically divers ...
See also
* Jatun Mayu
* Pila Qucha
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Pila Qucha (Quechua ''pila'' hose ''qucha'' lake, "hose lake", hispanicized spellings ''Pila Cocha, Pila Khocha, Pilakhocha'') is a Bolivian lake located in the Cochabamba Department, Tiraque Province
Tiraque is a province in the Cochab ...
* Sayt'u Qucha
* T'utura Qucha
References
External links
Map of the Tiraque Province
Provinces of Cochabamba Department
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