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The centre of Cochabamba

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Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the third largest city in Bolivia with a metropolitan population of more than 800,000 people. The name derives from a compound of the Quechua words qhocha, or lake, and pampa, or open plain. Residents of the city and surrounding areas are commonly referred to as Cochabambinos. Cochabamba is known throughout South America as the "City of Eternal Spring" and "The Garden City" due to its warm temperatures year round and abundant well kept parks. It is located at 17°5′S, 66°1′W. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Shortcut: WP:WIN Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and, as a means to that end, also an online community. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 566 KB) [edit] Summary Foto: Alfredo Vasquez Meza alfredovasquezm@hotmail. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 566 KB) [edit] Summary Foto: Alfredo Vasquez Meza alfredovasquezm@hotmail. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 190 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cochabamba ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 190 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cochabamba ... Planes view of the Andes, Peru. ... Map of Bolivia showing Cochabamba department Cochabamba is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. ... This is a list of cities in Bolivia: Bermejo Camiri Cobija Cochabamba El Alto Guayaramerín La Paz Llallagua Montero Oruro Potosí Riberalta San Ignacio Santa Cruz Sucre Tarija Trinidad Tupiza Villazón Yacuíba 10 largest cities Santa Cruz - 1,196,100 La Paz - 850,000 Cochabamba - 834,900... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Quechuan languages. ... This article is about the lowland plains in South America. ...

History

The Cochabamba valley has been populated for over a thousand years due to its fertile productive soils and spring-like year round climate. Archealogical evidence suggests that the initial valley inhabitants were of various ethnic indigenous groups. Inca, Tupuraya, Mojocoya, Omereque, and Tiwanaku inhabited the valley at various times before the Spanish arrived.

The first Spanish inhabitant of the Valley was Garci Ruiz de Orellana in 1542. He purchased the majority of the land from local tribal chiefs Achata and Consavana through a title registered in 1552 at the Imperial City of Potosí. The price paid was 130 pesos. His residence known as the House of Mayorazgo still stands in the Cala Cala neighborhood of the city. Potosí is a city, the capital of the department of Potosí in Bolivia. ...

Villa de Oropesa (as Cochabamba was first called) was founded on 2 August 1571 by order of Viceroy Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa. It was to be an agricultural production center to provide food for the mining towns of the relatively nearby Altiplano region, particularly the city of Potosí which became one of the largest and richest cities in the world during the 17th century - funding the vast wealth that ultimately made Spain a world power at the time. With the silver mining industry in Potosi at its height, Cochabamba thrived during its first centuries of existence. The city entered a period of decline during the 18th century as mining began to wane. August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 11 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion. ... A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. ... Don Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa (es: Don Francisco de Toledo, conde de Oropesa) (1515 - 1584), born on July 10, 1515 in the village of Oropesa in Spain. ... Puno, Peru, is one of larger cities of the Altiplano. ... Potosí is a city, the capital of the department of Potosí in Bolivia. ...

The 1793 census shows that the city had a population of 22,305 persons. There were 12,980 mestizos, 6,368 Spaniards, 1,182 indigenous natives, 1,600 mulattos and 175 African slaves. Mestizo (Brazil Portuguese. ... Representation of Mulattos during the Latin American colonial period Mulatto (also Mulato) is a term of Spanish and/or Portuguese origin describing the first generation offspring of a Sub-Saharan African and a European. ...

In 1786, King Charles III of Spain renamed the city to the 'loyal and valiant' Villa of Cochabamba. This was done to commend the city's pivotal role in suppressing the indigenous rebellions of 1781 in Oruro by sending armed forces to Oruro to quell the uprisings. Since the late 19th century it has again been generally successful as an agricultural centre for Bolivia. Charles III of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Categories: South America geography stubs | Departments of Bolivia ...

In 2000, Cochabamba was wracked with large-scale protests over the privatisation of the city's water supply. See Cochabamba protests of 2000. Demonstrators march in the street while protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ... The Cochabamba protests of 2000 were a series of protests that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia, between January and April 2000, because of the privatization of the municipal water supply, which was sold to a private company, International Waters Limited (IWL) of London (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bechtel Corporation...

In January 2007 city dwellers clashed with mostly rural protestors, leaving 2 dead and over 130 injured. The democratically-elected Prefect of Cochabamba, Manfred Reyes Villa, a former military aide to the Luis García Meza dictatorship of the 1980s, had allied himself with the leaders of Bolivia's Eastern Departments in a dispute with President Evo Morales over regional autonomy and other political issues. The protestors blockaded the highways, bridges, and main roads, having days earlier set fire to the departmental seat of government, trying to force the resignation of Reyes Villa. Citizens attacked the protestors, breaking the blockade and routing them, while the police did little to interfere to stop the violence. Further attempts by the protestors to reinstate the blockade and threaten the government were unsuccessful, but the underlying tensions have not been resolved.

In July of 2007, a monument erected by veterans of January's protest movement in honor of those killed and injured by government supporters was destroyed in the middle of the night, reigniting racial conflicts in the city.

People and Culture

Cochabamba skyline near El Prado

Currently, Cochabamba is an economically active city and tends to be one of the more socially liberal locations in the nation. Like other large cities in the Andes, Cochabamba is a city of contrasts. Its downtown core, around areas such as Plaza Colón or Plaza 14 de Septiembre, is generally quite modern. There are bright lights, bustling streets, and countless automobiles and internet cafes. It is in these locations where the majority of the city's business and commercial industries are found. An active nightlife is centred around Calle España and also along a broad tree-lined boulevard called El Prado. As one moves further out from the city centre, however, the communities become less technologically advanced. Cochabamba's outlying neighbourhoods often find themselves with higher crime rates and lacking electricity, indoor plumbing, and paved streets. An extreme example of this is the area immediately south of the airport where half built adobe homes lie on unpaved dirt streets - which is often the first impression visitors get when flying into the city. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3700x1000, 383 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cochabamba ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3700x1000, 383 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cochabamba ...

The most widely spoken language in the city of Cochabamba is Spanish (or Castellano, as usually referred to by locals). Although the Spanish that is spoken in the Cochabamba region is generally regarded as rather conservative in its vocabulary, some Quechua and Aymara words have been incorporated into everyday use.

As with most cities around the globe, the English language is increasingly spoken and understood, particularly amongst business executives and westernized Cochabambinos. English-language instruction has become incorporated into various levels of Bolivian education from elementary to college-level. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

The city's racial demographics consist of the following visible groups in order of prevalence: western hemispheric Indigenous (mainly of Quechua ethnicity), Mestizo, Castizo, and Caucasoid. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Quechuan languages. ... Languages Predominantly Spanish, (with a minority of other languages), while Mestiços speaks Portuguese Religions Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholic, with a minority of Protestant and other Religions) Related ethnic groups Other Spanish people, Portuguese people, Amerindian, African people, Austronesian people, Hispanics and Latinos Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis... Castizo is a Spanish word with a general meaning of genuine. It has other more concrete meanings. ... Typical Caucasoid skull Caucasoid is a racial classification usually used as part of a phenotypal system, also including other classifications such as Australoid, Mongoloid, Negroid, and sometimes others such as Capoid. ...

Places to Visit & Travel Excursions

Cristo de la Concordia

• South America's biggest open-air market, called La Cancha, is open seven days a week in Cochabamba, with Wednesday and Saturday being the busiest days of operation. Here merchants sell everything imaginable from witchcraft talismans to LCD TVs and iPods. The market is organized and divided in areas depending on the wares being sold.

• Perched atop the San Pedro hill, the 33m (109ft) tall statue of the Cristo de la Concordia (seen at right) is the tallest of its kind in the world (although it is commonly believed that the Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro is the tallest). Visitors can climb inside up to the arms for a unique view of the city.

• The Palacio Portales is an eclectic style mansion with French Renaissance architectural influences. It includes a Louis XVI room, a moor themed room and influences of Alhambra de Granada. It is located in the northern neighborhood of Queru Queru. It was built for Simon Patino, Bolivia's wealthiest industrialist. Currently the Palacio Portales holds tours as well as a library, art galleries and many gardens on the property.

• The Tunari National Park flanks the city like a crescent to the north and northwest. Paragliding, trekking and bird watching tours are offered by several tourist agencies.

View of the Cristo from the Plaza Colon in Cochabamba's Northeast Sector

• Villa Tunari (not to be confused with the Tunari National Park) is a small town in the Bolivian rainforest where visitors often go to see the animal refuge Inti Wara Yassi that houses several monkey species, pumas and exotic birds. An annual fish fair is held, where many varieties of trout and surubi fish can be delected.

• The Parque Mariscal Santa Cruz is a recreational park located in the Chimba neighborhood. There is Gaudi inspired architecture in the quaint aquarium and surroundings. There is an artificial lake where paddle boats can be driven around fountains. There are also sports fields, dirt bike hills, picnic areas and giant slides.

• El Prado is a prominent commercial strip centered along the tree-lined boulevard, Avenida Ballivian. Attractions include an active night life, upscale restaurants and cafes, and upper-income condominium highrises.

• On the Northern side of Rio Rocha is La Recoleta and Avenida Pando. This is the modern and chic area, center of the night life, where you'll find Cochabamba's 10-pin bowling alley, 10-screen movie theatre, a Mercedes-Benz dealership and many restaurants, cafes and nightclubs.

• The Cochabamba Country Club is located between Laguna Alalay and San Pedro Hill. There is an 18-hole golf course, 15 clay tennis courts, a swimming pool, skeet shooting, and horseback riding.

• The Cochabamba Bolivia Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was dedicated on April 30, 2000 and is located in the neighborhood of Queru Queru Alto.

• Cochabamba is home to many famous Roman Catholic Churches including the Convento De San Francisco built in 1607 which is made internally of rainforest wood. The convent also has a gold leaf altar. The Main Plaza Cathedral's facade reflects a (Mestizo) fusion of Spanish Baroque and Indigenous architectural styles.

• There are two shopping malls operating in Cochabamba. The larger of the two is located next to the IC Norte Supermarket in the Sarco neighborhood on Avenida Melchor Perez de Olguin. It includes an arcade, several levels of shopping boutiques, a food court and a modern movie theatre. Seasonal fashion shows are held on the first level. The second mall is located in the Torres Sofer highrise building near downtown Cochabamba. Here you'll find boutiques, travel agencies, commercial offices (including plastic surgeons) and expensive imported merchandise.

• The CineCenter-Cochabamba is Cochabamba's largest movie theater circuit (erected in 2006) located in the La Recoleta district. The cicuit features 16 movie auditoriums, a Sky games arcade, a bank, an 11-station food court (Dumbo, Wrap & Roll, China Mex, Eli's Pizza, Flavor Burst, Roquefort, Tropical Chicken, Tuesday Burger, Habana Café and a Churrasqueria), an Entel Multicenter and a beauty salon.

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Education

Universidad del Valle

The city is the home of the Universidad Mayor de San Simón, one of the largest and most prominent public universities in Bolivia; the Universidad Catolica Boliviana "San Pablo"; and several smaller private universities such as the Universidad Privada Boliviana, Universidad del Valle and others. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1632x1224, 535 KB) [edit] Summary Alfredo Vasquez Meza alfredovasquezm@hotmail. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1632x1224, 535 KB) [edit] Summary Alfredo Vasquez Meza alfredovasquezm@hotmail. ...

Airport

Cochabamba is served by the modern Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (IATA code CBB), which handles domestic and international flights. It also houses the headquarters of Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, Bolivia's national airline. TAM Mercosur and Aerosur are two airlines that also service this airport. LAB Boeing 727-200 at Jorge Wilstermann Airport Jorge Wilstermann International Airport, known in Spanish as Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Wilstermann (IATA code CBB), is an airport serving the city of Cochabamba in central Bolivia. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... LAB Boeing 727-200 (CP-1366) at Cochabamba Airport Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (LAB Airlines) was the national and international passenger airline of Bolivia, based in Cochabamba. ... TAM Mercosur also know as Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur S.A. formerly known as LAP (Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas), is an airline based in Paraguay. ... Aerosur (Compania Boliviana de Transporte Aereo Privado) is an airline based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. ...

Neighborhoods

View towards condominium highrises on Avenida America in the Queru Queru neighborhood.

Cochabamba is a steadily emerging market within the Bolivian real estate industry. An annual mild climate, abundant greenery, stunning mountain vistas, and a progressive local economy are factors that have contributed to the city's appeal for Bolivian nationals, expatriates and foreigners alike. Historic and affluent neighborhoods such as Cala Cala, El Mirador, and Lomas de Aranjuez showcase some of the city's most distinguished residences. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 190 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cochabamba ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 190 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cochabamba ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ...

• Queru Queru - North
• La Recoleta - North
• Cala Cala - North
• Lomas de Aranjuez - North
• El Mirador - North
• Las Brisas - North
• Sarco - Northwest
• Mayorazgo - Northwest
• Barrio Profesional - Northwest
• America Oeste - Northwest
• Colquiri - Northwest
• Muyurina - Northeast
• Tupuraya - Northeast

Cochabamba Valley, Dec. 1987

• Hippodromo - West
• Villa Busch - West
• Temporal - North
• La Chimba - Southwest
• Aeropuerto - Southwest
• Ticti Norte - Fringe North
• Jaihuayco - South
• Zona sud - South
• Ticti - South
• Valle Hermoso - South

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Satellite cities

• Quillacollo
• Sacaba
• Vinto
• Colcapirhua
• Tiquipaya

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Additional Notes of Interest

• A scene in the 1983 remake of Scarface is based in Cochabamba, albeit in actuality, was filmed in Montecito, California.

• Bolivia's only female President, Lydia Gueiler Tejada was born in Cochabamba. She is a distant relative of Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada) who visited with President Gueiler and her Bolivian family in 2002. Ironically, President Lydia Gueiler Tejada's term was cut short by a bloody coup led by another distant relative of the Tejada family, Luis García Meza Tejada with the backing of notorious Nazi Klaus Barbie.

• Famed teacher Jaime Escalante, upon whom the American movie Stand and Deliver was based, retired to Cochabamba with his wife in 2001 and teaches occasionally at the local university.

• Bolivia's richest man, Simon Patino, was born into a poor mestizo family in Santivanez, one of Cochabamba's outlying valleys. He became a clerk at a tin mine and eventually amassed wealth by selling tin to Europe as Europe's mines were running empty in the late 1800s. He eventually controlled 35% of the world's tin production valued at over 1 billion dollars. In 1924 he returned to Cochabamba to settle down but was socially discriminated against by the local Eurocentric aristocracy for being a "cholo". He left for Paris, France and only returned to be buried at his blue marble mausoleum in his beloved Cochabamba.

• The Cochabambino folkloric musical group Los Kjarkas composed the song titled, "Llorando Se Fue" which earned national popularity. During the late 1980s, the French/Brazilian group Kaoma recorded a song tited "Lambada" which contained the melody and lyrical content (translated to Portuguese) from the original Los Kjarkas song. Kaoma's "Lambada" went on to sell over 5 million copies worldwide and became the signature track of the Brazilian Lambada dance and music genre . Los Kjarkas filed and won a lawsuit against Kaoma on the grounds of unauthorized use of their material.

• The "Butcher of Lyon" Klaus Barbie went by the name Klaus Altmann and lived near the Santa Ana de Cala Cala church before he was sent to France in the early 1980s to face criminal charges for the atrocities committed during World War II.

• On May 27th, 1812 during the Colonial Revolution, Cochabamba's women, children, and elderly residents, led by the 60-year-old nearly-blind Josefa Manuela Gandarillas, waged a heroic defense of Cochabamba against Spanish Royalist troops seeking to quell the revolution. The defenders were massacred, but their patriotism was commemorated on 8 November 1927 when May 27 was formally established as Mother's Day in Bolivia.

• Leading Peruvian novelist and essayist Mario Vargas Llosa lived in Cochabamba from 1937 to 1945.

• Tadeo Haenke (born 1751) was a Bohemian botanist/naturalist who organized and founded Latin America's first botanical garden in Cochabamba, whilst collaborating under the command of the Italian-descended/Spanish-born explorer Alejandro Malaspina. Haenke resided in Cochabamba for several years up until the time of his death in 1817.

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Cochabambino Emigration

• Historically, Cochabamba has been a destination for many Bolivians from the western highlands due to relatively improved economic opportunities and a more temperate climate. Bolivia's current President Evo Morales and ex-president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada were both Senators representing Cochabamba, although they were born in Oruro and La Paz respectively and immigrated to Cochabamba at the start of their political careers.

• After the road to the then-isolated eastern town of Santa Cruz de la Sierra was completed in the 1950s, thousands of Cochabambinos migrated to the lowlands and permanently settled there causing the population of that city to mushroom from 50,000 in 1950 to over 1,500,000 today. Many Cochabambino migrants and their descendants now identify themselves as Cambas after absorbing the regional Bolivian culture of the eastern lowlands, but maintain familiar ties with relatives that remained in Cochabamba.

• Within the Greater Washington, D.C.-Baltimore-Northern Virginia area, there is a large population of Bolivian and Bolivian-descended residents (2005 US Census estimates 27,452 +/- 8,883 Bolivians for DC^[1], Virginia^[2], and Maryland^[3]), with the highest concentration in Arlington County, Virginia, USA; however, these figures may represent a Census undercount of undocumented Bolivian alien residents. These combined communities have become the center for recent and established Bolivian immigrants, most of whom are from the department and city of Cochabamba, hence, locally regarded as Little Cochabamba or Arlibamba. Situated within Little Cochabamba are Bolivian-cuisine restaurants and the Escuela Bolivia; a school-within-a-school program for children and adults.

• Subsequent to the mid-1990s decade, several lower-income Cochabambinos have immigrated to Bergamo, Italy in search of work-related opportunities. Most of the 16,400 (2005 estimate) Bolivians in Bergamo are from Cochabamba, which includes both legal and work visa-expired immigrants.

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External links

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• Wikitravel Cochabamba travel guide
• Lonely Planet Guide
• High-resolution aerial image of Cochabamba from Google Maps (interactive image centered on Plaza 14 de Septiembre)
• The History of Cochabamba (Spanish)
• Escuela Bolivia in Little Cochabamba, Arlington, Virginia, USA