Arque Municipality is the first
municipal section of the
Arque Province
Arque is a rural province in Cochabamba Department in the eastern cordillera of the South American state of Bolivia.
Geography
The province is surrounded by the provinces of Tapacarí in the northwest, Quillacollo in the northeast, Capinota i ...
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
Arque
Arque is a location in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the seat of Arque Province and Arque Municipality. Arque is situated at an elevation of 10,735 ft (3,272 m) on the northern bank of Arque River.
At the time of census 2001 i ...
. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 11,806 inhabitants.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
(Spanish) It has the lowest HDI of Bolivia with 0.311.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:
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Cantons
The municipality is divided into two cantons. They are (their seats in parentheses):
* Arque Canton - (Arque)
* Colcha Canton - (Colcha)
Languages
The languages spoken in the Arque Municipality are mainly Quechua languages, Quechua 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, Can ...
.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático
(Spanish)
See also
* 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 ...
References
Municipalities of the Cochabamba Department
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