Sipe Sipe

Sipe Sipe
Town
Sipe Sipe Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°27′00″S 66°23′00″W / 17.45000°S 66.38333°W / -17.45000; -66.38333Coordinates: 17°27′00″S 66°23′00″W / 17.45000°S 66.38333°W / -17.45000; -66.38333
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba Department
Province	Quillacollo Province
Municipality	Sipe Sipe Municipality
Population (2012)
• Total	41,571
Time zone	-4 (UTC-4)

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 following:

• 1992: 19.132 inhabitant ^[1]
• 2001: 31.337 inhabitant ^[2]
• 2005: 37.978 inhabitant ^[3]
• 2012: 41.571 inhabitant ^[4]

See also

• Ch'aki Mayu

References

1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (PDF; 196 kB)
4. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones (PDF; 1,57 MB)

• (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE)

Cochabamba Department
Capital: Cochabamba
Provinces	Arani Arque Ayopaya Bolívar Capinota Carrasco Cercado Chapare Esteban Arce Germán Jordán Mizque Narciso Campero Punata Quillacollo Tapacarí Tiraque
Municipalities (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)