Quillacollo Municipality

Quillacollo Municipality
Municipality
Quillacollo
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Quillacollo Municipality Location of the Quillacollo Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°15′0″S 66°20′0″W
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba Department
Province	Quillacollo Province
Seat	Quillacollo
Government
• Mayor	Hugo Cesar Miguel Candia (2007)
• President	Marcelo Galindo Gómez (2007)
Area
• Total	220 sq mi (560 km^2)
Population  (2001)
• Total	104,206
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Quillacollo Municipality is the first municipal section of the Quillacollo Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Quillacollo. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 104,206 inhabitants.[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the municipality is Tunari at 5,023 m (16,480 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2][3][4]

• Awila Wachana Punta
• Ichhu Apachita
• Janq'u Qala
• Jatun Kimray Punta
• Jatun Punta
• Jatun Q'asa
• Kimsa Tinkuy
• K'ayrani
• Patilla Pata
• Pirwata
• Puka Salli
• Puma Apachita
• P'utu P'utu
• Qillqata
• Qina Qina
• Qullpani Punta
• Quna Quna Q'asa
• Q'illu Suchusqa
• Salla Q'asa
• Sankayuni
• T'ula Jayani Apachita
• Uqi Salli Punta
• Urqu Punta
• Wari Warini
• Wila Qullu Punta

Subdivision

Quillacollo Municipality is divided into cantons.

Kanton	Inhabitants (2001)[5]	Seat	Inhabitants (2001)
Quillacollo Canton	99,276	Quillacollo	74,980
El Paso Canton	4,930	El Paso	3,344

See also

• Tunari National Park

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
2. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Quillacollo 6341-IV
3. Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 Quillacollo 3636
4. "Quillacollo". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
5. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine