Arque Municipality

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Arque Municipality
Municipality
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Arque Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°49′S66°26′W / 17.817°S 66.433°W / -17.817; -66.433
CountryFlag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Arque Province
Seat Arque
Government
 • MayorHilarion Valencia Anabe (2007)
 • PresidentGaby Gutierrez Hurtade (2007)
Elevation
11,500 ft (3,500 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total11,806
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

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.

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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]

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua 10,793
Aymara 107
Guaraní 3
Another native2
Spanish 2,185
Foreign13
Only native8,778
Native and Spanish2,052
Only Spanish134

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References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001 Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine (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. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)


Coordinates: 17°49′00″S66°24′00″W / 17.8167°S 66.4°W / -17.8167; -66.4

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