Tiraque Municipality
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Tiraque Municipality is the first municipal section
Municipalities 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...

 of the Tiraque Province
Tiraque Province
Tiraque is a province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Its capital is Tiraque.- Subdivision :The province is divided into two municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....

 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...

. At the time of census 2001 - still including Shinahota Canton (now Shinahota Municipality
Shinahota Municipality
Shinahota Municipality is the second municipal section of the Tiraque Province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Its seat Shinahota had 4,291 inhabitants at the time of census 2001....

) - it had a population of 35,017. Its seat is Tiraque
Tiraque
Tiraque is a location in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Tiraque Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 1,906.-External links:*...

.

Cantons

The municipality is divided into two cantons. They are (their seats in parentheses):
  • Palca Canton - (Palca)
  • Tiraque Canton - (Tiraque
    Tiraque
    Tiraque is a location in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Tiraque Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 1,906.-External links:*...

    )


In 2009 Shinahota Canton (also named Central Busch Canton) got the status of a municipality. Now Shinahota Municipality with its seat Shinahota
Shinahota
Shinahota is a small town in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Shinahota Municipality, the second municipal section of the Tiraque Province.- External links :*...

is the second municipal section of the Tiraque Province.
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