Capinota Province
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Province
A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...
s in the Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, was 1,750,000...
, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
. Its capital is the city of Capinota
Capinota
Capinota is a small town in the Bolivian Department of Cochabamba and capital of the Capinota Province.-Location:Capinota is situated at an altitude of 2.380 m where the rivers Río Arque and Río Rocha meet to become the Río Caine and the Río Grande downstream...
. The province has a population of 25,582 inhabitants (census 2001).
Subdivision
Capinota Province is divided into three municipalitiesMunicipalities of Bolivia
Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...
which are further subdivided into cantons.
| Section | Municipality | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Capinota Municipality Capinota Municipality Capinota Municipality is the first municipal section of the Capinota Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Capinota.- References :*... |
Capinota Capinota Capinota is a small town in the Bolivian Department of Cochabamba and capital of the Capinota Province.-Location:Capinota is situated at an altitude of 2.380 m where the rivers Río Arque and Río Rocha meet to become the Río Caine and the Río Grande downstream... |
| 2nd | Santiváñez Municipality Santiváñez Municipality Santiváñez Municipality is the second municipal section of the Capinota Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Santiváñez.- References :... |
Santiváñez Santiváñez Santiváñez is a locality in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the capital of Santiváñez Municipality, the second municipal section of the Capinota Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 1,046.-External links:*... |
| 3rd | Sicaya Municipality Sicaya Municipality Sicaya Municipality is the third municipal section of the Capinota Province in the Cochabamba Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Sicaya.- Subdivision :Sicaya Municipality is divided into two cantons.- References : - External links :*... |
Sicaya Sicaya, Cochabamba Sicaya or Silaya is a locality in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Sicaya Municipality, the third municipal section of the Capinota Province.- References : -External links:*... |