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(Redirected from Bolívar Municipality, Bolivia) Province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Bolívar Province
Province
Location of Bolívar Province within BoliviaLocation of Bolívar Province within Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°0′S 67°5′W / 18.000°S 67.083°W / -18.000; -67.083
Country Bolivia
DepartmentCochabamba Department
CapitalBolívar
Government
 • MayorAniceto Cuti Felipe (2007)
Area
 • Total159 sq mi (413 km)
Elevation13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Population
 • Total8,197
 • Density51/sq mi (20/km)
 • EthnicitiesQuechua
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Bolívar Province is a province in the Bolivian department of Cochabamba. Its capital is the city of Bolívar, named after Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan military and political leader.

Subdivision

The province is not further subdivided into municipalities. So Bolívar Municipality and Bolívar Province are identical. The province is divided into nine cantons.

Canton Inhabitants (2001) Seat
Bolívar Canton 3,437 Bolívar
Carpani Canton 620 Carpani
Comuna Canton 413 Comuna
Coyuma Canton 541 Coyuma
Challoma Canton 242 Challoma
Jorenko Canton or
Villa Verde Canton		 665 Jorenko
Vilacaya Canton 632 Vilacaya
Villa Victoria Canton 904 Villa Victoria
Yarbicoya Canton 1,181 Yarbicoya

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechuan descent.

Ethnic group Inhabitants (%)
Quechua 91.6
Aymara 4.3
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.1
Not indigenous 4.0
Other indigenous groups 0.0

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages

The languages spoken in the Bolívar Province are mainly Quechua and Spanish.

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 7,747
Aymara 484
Guaraní 3
Another native 0
Spanish 3,010
Foreign 6
Only native 4,948
Native and Spanish 2,914
Only Spanish 96

See also

References

  1. www.ine.gob.bo Archived September 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático Archived February 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)

External links

Cochabamba Department
Capital: Cochabamba
Provinces
Municipalities
(and seats)


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