Aiquile Municipality

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Aiquile Municipality
Municipality
Aiquile station
Aiquile Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°24′S 65°5′W / 18.400°S 65.083°W / -18.400; -65.083
Country  Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Narciso Campero Province
Cantons 3
Seat Aiquile
Government
  Mayor Marina Camacho (2007)
Area
  Total 1,000 sq mi (2,500 km2)
Population (2001)
  Total 26,181
Time zone -4 (UTC-4)

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

Cantons

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

  • Aiquile Canton - (Aiquile)
  • Quiroga Canton - (Quiroga)
  • Villa Granado Canton - (Villa Granado)

Languages

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

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 22,661
Aymara 149
Guaraní 20
Another native 51
Spanish 11,210
Foreign 77
Only native 13,283
Native and Spanish 9,431
Only Spanish 1,780

References

  1. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático (Spanish)

External links

Coordinates: 18°24′00″S 65°05′00″W / 18.4°S 65.0833°W / -18.4; -65.0833

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