Depairtment o Cochabamba Quchapampa suyu | |
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Eik-name(s): "Ceety o Eternal Spring" | |
![]() Location athin Bolivie | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Established as depairtment bi law | 1826 |
Autonomous depairtment bi referendum | 2009 |
Caipital | Cochabamba |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Edmundo Novillo Aguilar |
Area | |
• City | 55631 km2 (21,479 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2574 m (8,445 ft) |
Population (2007) | |
• City | 1,750,000 |
• Urban | 608,276 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
HDI (2004) | - |
ISO 3166-2 | BO-C |
Website | http://www.cochabamba.bo/ |
Cochabamba (frae Quechua: qucha or qhucha, meanin "lake", pampa meanin "plain" [1]) is ane o the nine component depairtments o Bolivie. It is kent tae be the "granary" o the kintra acause o its variety o agricultural products due tae Cochabamba's geographical poseetion. It haes an aurie o 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, wis 1,750,000. Its caipital is the ceety o Cochabamba. Cochabamba is kent as the "Ceety o Eternal Spring" an "The Garden Ceety" due tae its spring-lik temperatures year roond.