Sipe Sipe
Town in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
17°27′00″S 66°23′00″W / 17.45000°S 66.38333°W / -17.45000; -66.38333 (2012)
Sipe Sipe is a location in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Sipe Sipe Municipality, the second municipal section of the Quillacollo Province.
History
Sipe Sipe is a small town near which was fought the Battle of Sipe-Sipe. This decisive battle took place on 29 November 1815 and reestablished the control of Upper Peru to the Viceroyalty of Peru. As a consequence of this battle Upper Peru gained independence from Buenos Aires, and after the final defeat of Spain, Bolivia was born as a nation.
Population
The evolution of the municipality population is as follows:
- 1992: 19,132 inhabitants [1]
- 2001: 31,337 inhabitants [2]
- 2005: 37,978 inhabitants [3]
- 2012: 41,571 inhabitants [4]
See also
- Ch'aki Mayu
References
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE)
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Cochabamba Department
Capital: Cochabamba
- Arani
- Arque
- Ayopaya
- Bolívar
- Capinota
- Carrasco
- Cercado
- Chapare
- Esteban Arce
- Germán Jordán
- Mizque
- Narciso Campero
- Punata
- Quillacollo
- Tapacarí
- Tiraque
(and seats)
- Aiquile (Aiquile)
- Alalay (Alalay)
- Anzaldo (Anzaldo)
- Arani (Arani)
- Arbieto (Arbieto)
- Arque (Arque)
- Ayopaya (Ayopaya)
- Bolívar (Bolívar)
- Capinota (Capinota)
- Chimoré (Chimoré)
- Cliza (Cliza)
- Cocapata (Cocapata)
- Cochabamba (Cochabamba)
- Colcapirhua (Colcapirhua)
- Colomi (Colomi)
- Cuchumuela (Cuchumuela)
- Entre Ríos Municipality (Entre Ríos)
- Mizque (Mizque)
- Morochata (Morochata)
- Omereque (Omereque)
- Pasorapa (Pasorapa)
- Pocona (Pocona)
- Pojo (Pojo)
- Puerto Villarroel (Puerto Villarroel)
- Punata (Punata)
- Quillacollo (Quillacollo)
- Sacaba (Sacaba)
- Sacabamba (Sacabamba)
- San Benito (San Benito)
- Santiváñez (Santiváñez)
- Shinahota (Shinahota)
- Sicaya (Sicaya)
- Sipe Sipe (Sipe Sipe)
- Tacachi (Tacachi)
- Tacopaya (Tacopaya)
- Tapacarí (Tapacarí)
- Tarata (Tarata)
- Tiquipaya (Tiquipaya)
- Tiraque (Tiraque)
- Toco (Toco)
- Tolata (Tolata)
- Totora (Totora)
- Vacas (Vacas)
- Vila Vila (Vila Vila)
- Villa Rivero (Villa Rivero)
- Villa Tunari (Villa Tunari)
- Vinto (Vinto)
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