Tiraque Municipality

Tiraque Municipality
Municipality
Tiraque Municipality Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: BO 17°26′S 65°39′W / 17.433°S 65.650°W / -17.433; -65.650
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba Department
Province	Tiraque Province
Seat	Tiraque
Government
• Mayor	Fidel Felix Salazar Bustamante (2008)
• President	Gabriel Inturias Ríos (2007)
Population (2001)
• Total	35,017
• Ethnicities	Quechuas
Time zone	-4 (UTC-4)

Tiraque Municipality is the first municipal section of the Tiraque Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. At the time of census 2001 - still including Shinahota Canton (now Shinahota Municipality) - it had a population of 35,017. Its seat is Tiraque.

Cantons

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

• Palca Canton - (Palca)
• Tiraque Canton - (Tiraque)

In 2009 Shinahota Canton (also named Central Busch Canton) got the status of a municipality. ^[1] Now Shinahota Municipality with its seat Shinahota is the second municipal section of the Tiraque Province.

See also

• Jatun Mayu
• Pila Qucha
• Sayt'u Qucha
• T'utura Qucha
• Wasa Mayu

References

1. ↑ www.planguarani.com (Spanish)

• Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia

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°26′S 65°39′W / 17.433°S 65.650°W / -17.433; -65.650