Aiquile Municipality

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Aiquile Municipality
Municipality
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Aiquile Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°24′S65°5′W / 18.400°S 65.083°W / -18.400; -65.083
CountryFlag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Narciso Campero Province
Cantons 3
Seat Aiquile
Government
  MayorMarina Camacho (2007)
Area
  Total1,000 sq mi (2,500 km2)
Population
 (2001)
  Total26,181
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

Aiquile Municipality is the first municipal section of the Narciso Campero Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Aiquile.

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Cantons

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

Languages

The languages spoken in the Aiquile Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish. [1]

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua 22,661
Aymara 149
Guaraní 20
Another native51
Spanish 11,210
Foreign77
Only native13,283
Native and Spanish9,431
Only Spanish1,780

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References

  1. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)

Coordinates: 18°24′00″S65°05′00″W / 18.4°S 65.0833°W / -18.4; -65.0833