Department of Cochabamba

Cochabamba
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Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Capital	Cochabamba
surface	55,631 km²
Residents	1,758,143 (2012 census)
density	32 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-C

Coordinates: 17 ° 20 ′  S , 65 ° 30 ′  W

The department of Cochabamba ( Quechua Quchapampa suyu ) is located in the geographical center of Bolivia . It has an area of ​​55,631 km² and a population of 1,758,143 (2012). The main town is the city of the same name, Cochabamba .

Geography and economics

Cochabamba borders in the north on Beni , in the east on Santa Cruz , in the southeast on Chuquisaca , in the south on Potosí , in the southwest on Oruro and in the west on La Paz . While the western and central parts of the department are part of the Altiplano , the northeastern areas ( Chapare Province ) are only 300 m above sea level in the transition area to the tropical rainforest .

Cochabamba was and is an important producer of corn and wheat in Bolivia. In the lowlands of the northeast, the cultivation of coca is of economic importance.

population

The population of the department has increased fourfold over the past six decades:

year	Residents	source
1950	452 145	census
1976	720 952	census
1992	1 110 205	census
2001	1,455,711	census
2012	1 758 143	census

Of the 1,455,711 inhabitants of the department of Cochabamba at the time of the 2001 census, 856,409 lived in urban areas and 599,302 in rural areas. With 26.17 inhabitants per km², the department of Cochabamba is the most densely populated department of Bolivia. 74.36% of the population over 15 years of age (64.27% in urban and 90.65% in rural areas) consider themselves to be members of Indian peoples . According to the 2001 census, 81.52% of residents over 6 years of age speak Spanish (95.87% in urban areas and 59.89% in rural areas).

Provinces

The department of Cochabamba is divided into 16 provinces (the number of inhabitants at the time of the 2001 census follows the name of the province):

Provinces in the department of Cochabamba

• Arani Province 24.053
• Arque Province 23,464
• Ayopaya Province 60,959
• Bolívar Province 8,635
• Capinota Province 25,582
• Carrasco Province 116.205
• Province of Cercado 517.024 (includes the city of Cochabamba )
• Chapare Province 187.358
• Esteban Arce Province 31,997
• Germán Jordán Province 31,768
• Mizque Province 36,181
• Narciso Province Campero 37.011
• Punata Province 47,735
• Quillacollo Province 246,803
• Tapacarí Province 25,919
• Tiraque Province 35,017

Biggest cities

city	Population 2001 (census)	Inhabitants 2010 (update)
Cochabamba	516,683	624,850
Sacaba	92,581	105,726
Quillacollo	74,980	85,739
Colcapirhua	41,637	47,728
Tiquipaya	26,732	30,675

politics

Overall result in the department of Cochabamba in the regional elections on April 4, 2010:

electoral legitimate		electoral participation	valid votes		MAS-IPSP	UN-CP	MSM	MNR
939.903		819.601	671.186		415.245	174.175	52,516	29,250
		87.2%	81.9%		61.9%	26.0%	7.8%	4.4%

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

Web links

Commons : Departamento Cochabamba  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information about the department on the website of the Bolivian Embassy in Berlin