Sipe Sipe Municipality

For the South American Wars of Independence, see Battle of Sipe-Sipe.

Sipe Sipe Municipality
Municipality
Sipe Sipe Municipality Location of the Sipe Sipe Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°29′0″S66°21′0″W / 17.48333°S 66.35000°W / -17.48333; -66.35000
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba Department
Province	Quillacollo Province
Seat	Sipe Sipe
Government
• Mayor	Valerio Cartagena Escobar (2007)
• President	Felicidad Guzmán Argote (2007)
Population  (2001)
• Total	31,337
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Sipe Sipe Municipality is the second municipal section of the Quillacollo Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Sipe Sipe. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 31,337 inhabitants. ^[1]

Geography

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

• Allqamari
• Asir Qullu
• Atuq Wachana
• Ch'uñawi
• Inka Laqaya
• Jalsuri
• Mamani Punta
• Nasa Q'ara
• Pichaqani
• Puka Waka
• P'ukru Urqu
• Qiñwa Q'asa
• Qiñwani
• Q'ara Apachita
• Rumi Q'asa
• Tikrasqa
• Turi Rumi
• Wila Wila
• Wisk'achani
• Yarita Punta
• Yuraq Q'asa
• Yuraq Yaku

Subdivision

Sipe Sipe Municipality is divided into three cantons.

Kanton	Inhabitants (2001) [4]	Seat	Inhabitants (2001)
Sipe Sipe Canton	16,554	Sipe Sipe	3,134
Itapaya Canton	6,496	Itapaya	700
Mallco Rancho Canton	8,287	Mallco Rancho	1,171

See also

• Ch'aki Mayu
• Inka Raqay

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
2. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Quillacollo 6341-IV
3. "Sipe Sipe". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
4. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine