Arque Municipality

Arque Municipality
Municipality
Arque Municipality

Location within Bolivia

Coordinates: BO 17°49′S 66°26′W / 17.817°S 66.433°W / -17.817; -66.433
Country  Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Arque Province
Seat Arque
Government
 • Mayor Hilarion Valencia Anabe (2007)
 • President Gaby Gutierrez Hurtade (2007)
Elevation 11,500 ft (3,500 m)
Population (2001)
 • Total 11,806
Time zone -4 (UTC-4)

Arque Municipality is the first municipal section of the Arque Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Arque. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 11,806 inhabitants.[1] It has the lowest HDI of Bolivia with 0.311.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:[2][3]

Cantons

The municipality is divided into two cantons. They are (their seats in parentheses):

Languages

The languages spoken in the Arque Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish.[4]

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 10,793
Aymara 107
Guaraní 3
Another native 2
Spanish 2,185
Foreign 13
Only native 8,778
Native and Spanish 2,052
Only Spanish 134

See also

References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Bolivia 1:100,000 Tarata 3635, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  3. ↑ "Arque". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático (Spanish)


Coordinates: 17°49′00″S 66°24′00″W / 17.8167°S 66.4°W / -17.8167; -66.4

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