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Arque Municipality

Arque Municipality
Municipality
Arque Municipality is located in Bolivia
Arque 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
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. It has the lowest HDI of Bolivia with 0.311.

Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:

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

The languages spoken in the Arque Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish.


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


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