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14 unusual facts about Cochabamba Department


Cochabamba social unrest of 2007

Social unrest in Cochabamba involved violent clashes between supporters and opponents of Cochabamba Prefect Manfred Reyes Villa in the departmental capital city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, reaching their peak on January 11 and 12, 2007.

Colcapirhua Municipality

Colcapirhua (in hispanicized spelling) or Qullqapirwa (Quechua) is the fifth municipal section of the Quillacollo Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.

Cuchumuela Municipality

Cuchumuela Municipality or Villa Gualberto Villarroel Municipality is the fifth municipal section of the Punata Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.

Ichilo River

In its course, after joining San Matéo, it is called Ichilo, flowing in a northerly direction, where it forms the border between the Cochabamba Department and the Santa Cruz Department.

Llanos de Moxos

Most of the Llanos de Moxos lies within the departments of El Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, and Santa Cruz.

Phaqcha Mayu

Phaqcha Mayu (Quechua phaqcha waterfall, mayu river, "waterfall river"), also spelled Pajcha Mayu, is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Arani Province, Vacas Municipality and in the Carrasco Province, Pocona Municipality.

Puerto Villarroel Municipality

Puerto Villarroel Municipality is the fifth municipal section of the Carrasco Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.

San Benito Municipality

San Benito Municipality or Villa José Quintín Mendoza Municipality is the third municipal section of the Punata Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.

Shinahota Municipality

Shinahota Municipality (also sometimes spelled Sinahota or Shinaota) is the second municipal section of the Tiraque Province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia.

Toco Municipality

Toco Municipality (also Toko Municipality) is the second municipal section of the Germán Jordán Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.

Vila Vila Municipality

Vila Vila (in hispanicized spelling) or Wila Wila (Aymara) is the second municipal section of the Mizque Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.

Villa Rivero Municipality

Villa Rivero Municipality or Muela Municipality is the second municipal section of the Punata Province in the Cochabamba Department in Bolivia.

Wasa Mayu

Wasa Mayu (Quechua wasa the human back or the back of an animal, mayu river, "back river" hispanicized spelling Huasa Mayu) is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Tiraque Province, Tiraque Municipality and in the Carrasco Province.

Yuracaré language

Yuracaré (also Yurakaré, Yurakar, Yuracare, Yurucare, Yuracar, Yurakare, Yurujuré, Yurujare) is an endangered language isolate of central Bolivia in Cochabamba and Beni departments spoken by the Yuracaré people.


Assembly for the Sovereignty of the Peoples

The Cochabamba peasant leader Alejo Véliz became the main leader of ASP with Evo Morales in second position.

Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory

The park was slated as the site of the Segment Two (of three) of the proposed Villa TunariSan Ignacio de Moxos Highway, which would provide the first direct highway link between Cochabamba and Beni Departments.

Manfred Reyes Villa

He was also elected as the first Governor of Cochabamba, Bolivia, and served from 2006 until 2008 when he was unconstitutionaly revocated By Evo Morales through a series of violent riots.

Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence

In the 2009 election, its presidential candidate was Manfred Reyes Villa, former head of the New Republican Force, and former prefect of Cochabamba Department and former mayor of Cochabamba.

Politics of Bolivia

Bolivia is divided in nine departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Beni, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija.

Villa Tunari – San Ignacio de Moxos Highway

The Villa Tunari – San Ignacio de Moxos Highway, also known as the Cochabamba–Beni Highway is a road project in Bolivia connecting the towns of Villa Tunari (in Cochabamba Department) and San Ignacio de Moxos (in Beni Department).