Arque Municipality

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.

Arque Municipality
Municipality
Arque Municipality Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°49′S 66°26′W
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba Department
Province	Arque Province
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	UTC-4 (-4)

Geography

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

• Apachita
• Awila Chukuña
• Chuymani
• Ch'uñawi
• Juch'uy Sayari
• Pichaqani
• Puka Puka
• Pukara
• Qala Pampa
• Sayari
• Siwinqani
• Yanakuna

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.[4]

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua	10,793
Aymara	107
Guaraní	3
Another native	2
Spanish	2,185
Foreign	13
Only native	8,778
Native and Spanish	2,052
Only Spanish	134

See also

• Arque River

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001 Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
2. Bolivia 1:100,000 Tarata 3635, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
3. "Arque". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
4. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)