Sipe Sipe is a location in the
Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba (, , ), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the " granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products from ...
in central
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
. It is the seat of the
Sipe Sipe Municipality, the second
municipal section of the
Quillacollo Province.
History
Sipe Sipe is a small town near which was fought the
Battle of Sipe-Sipe
The Battle of Viluma, also known as Battle of Sipe-Sipe, was a major battle in the South American wars of independence in which the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (formerly the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata) were decis ...
. This decisive battle took place on 29 November 1815 and reestablished the control of Upper Peru to the Viceroyalty of Peru. As a consequence of this battle Upper Peru gained independence from Buenos Aires, and after the final defeat of Spain, Bolivia was born as a nation.
Population
The evolution of the municipality population is as follows:
* 1992: 19,132 inhabitants
* 2001: 31,337 inhabitants
* 2005: 37,978 inhabitants
* 2012: 41,571 inhabitants
Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones
(PDF; 1,57 MB)
See also
* Ch'aki Mayu
References
*
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE)
Populated places in Cochabamba Department
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