Arque Municipality

Arque Municipality
—  Municipality  —
Arque Municipality Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°49′S 66°26′W / 17.817°S 66.433°W / -17.817; -66.433
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba Department
Province	Arque Province
Foundation
Seat	Arque
Government
• Mayor	Hilarion Valencia Anabe (2007)
• President	Gaby Gutierrez Hurtade (2007)
Elevation	11,500 ft (3,500 m)
Population (2001)
• Total	11,806
Time zone	-4 (UTC-4)

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.

Cantons

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

• Arque Canton - (Arque)
• Colcha Canton - (Colcha)

Languages

The languages spoken in the Arque Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish.^[2]

See also

• Arque River

References

External links

• Population data and map of Arque Municipality

v t e Cochabamba Department Capital: Cochabamba Provinces Arani Arque Ayopaya Bolívar Capinota Carrasco Cercado Chapare Esteban Arce Germán Jordán Mizque Narciso Campero Punata Quillacollo Tapacarí Tiraque Municipalities (and seats) Aiquile (Aiquile) Alalay (Alalay) Anzaldo (Anzaldo) Arani (Arani) Arbieto (Arbieto) Arque (Arque) Ayopaya (Ayopaya) Bolívar (Bolívar) Capinota (Capinota) Chimoré (Chimoré) Cliza (Cliza) Cocapata (Cocapata) Cochabamba (Cochabamba) Colcapirhua (Colcapirhua) Colomi (Colomi) Cuchumuela (Cuchumuela) Entre Ríos Municipality (Entre Ríos) Mizque (Mizque) Morochata (Morochata) Omereque (Omereque) Pasorapa (Pasorapa) Pocona (Pocona) Pojo (Pojo) Puerto Villarroel (Puerto Villarroel) Punata (Punata) Quillacollo (Quillacollo) Sacaba (Sacaba) Sacabamba (Sacabamba) San Benito (San Benito) Santiváñez (Santiváñez) Shinahota (Shinahota) Sicaya (Sicaya) Sipe Sipe (Sipe Sipe) Tacachi (Tacachi) Tacopaya (Tacopaya) Tapacarí (Tapacarí) Tarata (Tarata) Tiquipaya (Tiquipaya) Tiraque (Tiraque) Toco (Toco) Tolata (Tolata) Totora (Totora) Vacas (Vacas) Vila Vila (Vila Vila) Villa Rivero (Villa Rivero) Villa Tunari (Villa Tunari) Vinto (Vinto)

Coordinates: 17°49′00″S 66°24′00″W / 17.8167°S 66.4°W / -17.8167; -66.4