Sipe Sipe

Sipe Sipe
Town
Sipe Sipe Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°27′00″S 66°23′00″W / 17.45000°S 66.38333°W / -17.45000; -66.38333Coordinates: 17°27′00″S 66°23′00″W / 17.45000°S 66.38333°W / -17.45000; -66.38333
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba Department
Province	Quillacollo Province
Municipality	Sipe Sipe Municipality
Population (2012)
• Total	41,571
Time zone	-4 (UTC-4)

Sipe Sipe is a location in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Sipe Sipe Municipality, the second municipal section of the Quillacollo Province.

History

Sipe Sipe is a small town near which was fought the Battle of Sipe-Sipe. This decisive battle took place on 29 November 1815 and reestablished the control of Upper Peru to the Viceroyalty of Peru. As a consequence of this battle Upper Peru gained independence from Buenos Aires, and after the final defeat of Spain, Bolivia was born as a nation.

Population

The evolution of the municipality population is as following:

• 1992: 19.132 inhabitant ^[1]
• 2001: 31.337 inhabitant ^[2]
• 2005: 37.978 inhabitant ^[3]
• 2012: 41.571 inhabitant ^[4]

See also

• Ch'aki Mayu

References

1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (PDF; 196 kB)
4. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones (PDF; 1,57 MB)

• (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE)