Cochabamba
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Cochabamba is a ceety in central Bolivie, locatit in a valley bearin the same name in the Andes muntain range. It is the caipital o the Cochabamba Depairtment an is the fowert lairgest ceety in Bolivie wi an urban population o 608,276 (2008)[1] an a metropolitan population o mair nor 1,000,000 fowk. The name derives frae a compund o the Quechua words qucha, meanin "lake", an pampa, "open plain".[2] Residents o the ceety an surroondin auries are commonly referred tae as Cochabambinos. Cochabamba is kent as the "Ceety o Eternal Spring" an "The Garden Ceety" due tae its spring-like temperatures year roond. It is forby kent as "La Llajta", "toun" in Quechua.
Cochabamba | |
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| Eik-name(s): "Ceety o Eternal Spring" "The Garden Ceey" "La Llajta" | |
  Cochabamba Location in Bolivie | |
| Coordinates: 17°23′S 66°10′W / 17.383°S 66.167°WCoordinates: 17°23′S 66°10′W / 17.383°S 66.167°W | |
| Kintra |  Bolivie |
| Depairtment | Cochabamba |
| Province | Cercado Province |
| Municipality | Cochabamba Municipality |
| Area | |
| • City | 348 km2 (134 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2825 m (9,268 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Urban | 608,276 |
| Website | http://www.cochabamba.bo/ |
The ceety is forby host tae the first World People's Conference on Climate Change an the Richts o Mither Earth.
Sister ceeties
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References
eedit- ↑ "World Gazetteer". Archived frae the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha pdf
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