Arque Province
| Arque | |
|---|---|
| Province | |
 Location of the Arque Province within Bolivia |
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 Provinces of the Cochabamba Department |
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| Coordinates: 17°50′S 66°55′W / 17.833°S 66.917°W | |
| Country |
 Bolivia
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| Department | Cochabamba Department |
| Municipalities | 2 |
| Cantons | 4 |
| Capital | Arque |
| Area | |
| • Total | 416 sq mi (1,077 km2) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 23,464 |
| • Density | 56/sq mi (21.8/km2) |
| • Ethnicities | Quechua |
| Area code(s) | BO.CB.AQ |
Arque is a rural province in Cochabamba Department in the eastern cordillera of the South American state of Bolivia.
The province is surrounded by the provinces of Tapacarí in the northwest, Quillacollo in the northeast, Capinota in the east, Bolívar in the south and the departments of Oruro in the west and Potosí in the southeast.
It is located in the Bolivian Andes at an elevation between 3,000 and 4,500 metres and about 250 km west of Cochabamba, the capital of the department. The landscape is deeply fissured. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
Arque, the capital of the province, is situated on the northern bank of the Arque River, an affluent of the Río Grande.
The rainy season covers the months from December to April. The precipitation can occur in the form of devastating hailstorms which may even destroy the planted seeds of field crops and the harvests.
Arque Province is divided into two municipalities (Spanish: municipio, sección or sección municipal): Arque Municipality (first section) and Tacopaya Municipality (second section). The two municipalities with one mayor each are further subdivided into four cantons and supervised each of them by a corregidor: Arque Canton and Colcha Canton in Arque Municipality and Tacopaya Canton and Ventilla Canton within Tacopaya Municipality. The province is managed by a sub-prefect (subprefecto).
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