Vinto Municipality is the fourth
municipal section of the
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 ...
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 ...
,
Bolivia
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. Its seat is
Vinto
Vinto is a town in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Vinto Municipality, the fourth municipal section of the Quillacollo Province.Vinto, Cochabamba, Gente de Vinto, Feria, Manzana
Population
From 1976, the po ...
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Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:
[Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Quillacollo 6341-IV]
Cantons
The municipality is divided into four cantons. They are (their seats in parentheses):
* Anocaraire Canton - (Anocaraire)
* La Chulla Canton - (La Chulla)
* Machac Marca Canton - (Machac Marca)
* Vinto Canton - (Vinto)
References
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Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE)
Municipalities of the Cochabamba Department
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