Kanata Metropolitan Area
Area Metropolitana de Kanata
Conurbation
View of the Kanata Metropolitan Area
View of the Kanata Metropolitan Area
Kanata Metropolitan Area is located in Bolivia
Kanata Metropolitan Area
Kanata Metropolitan Area
Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°20′48″S 66°13′20″W / 17.34678°S 66.222187°W / -17.34678; -66.222187
CountryBolivia
ProvincesCercado, Chapare, Quillacollo
Area
 • Total2,611 km2 (1,008 sq mi)
Elevation
2,572 m (8,438 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total1,370,104
Time zoneUTC-4

The Kanata Metropolitan Area[1] (Spanish: Área Metropolitana de Kanata)[2] is the Metropolitan Region of the Department of Cochabamba. The region is made up of the municipalities of Cochabamba, Colcapirhua, Quillacollo, Sacaba, Sipe Sipe, Tiquipaya and Vinto, adding a total of seven con-urbanized municipalities. It limits to the north with the municipalities of Cocapata and Villa Tunari, to the west with the municipalities of Morochata and Tapacarí to the south with the municipalities of Arbieto, Arque, Capinota, San Benito, Santiváñez, Sicaya and Tolata to the east with the municipalities of Colomi and Tiraque. being the penultimate included as part of this region in its plans for future development, the municipalities of the metropolitan area are arranged in an east–west direction and vice versa, structured by the most important road in the country, Route 4. With a total area of 2,611 km2 where approximately 1.5 million inhabitants coexist (INE projections, 2022).[3]

Municipalities

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kanata, la primera región metropolitana" (in Spanish).
  2. ↑ "Ley 533" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Población de Región Metropolitana "Kanata" representa más del 60% del Departamento de Cochabamba" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Retrieved 14 January 2016.


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