11 Facts About Cochabamba Department

Cochabamba Department valley was inhabited for over a thousand years due to its fertile productive soils and climate.

Cochabamba Department purchased the majority of the land from local tribal chiefs Achata and Consavana through a title registered in 1552 at the Imperial City of Potosi.

In 2000, Cochabamba Department was wracked by large-scale protests over the privatisation of the city's water supply, known as the Water War.

Cochabamba Department is bordered by Chuquisaca and Potosi Departments to the south, Oruro and La Paz Departments to the west, Beni Department to the north, and Santa Cruz Department to the east.

Geographically and climactically, Cochabamba is one of Bolivia's most diverse regions, with a similar orography and diversity to La Paz department.

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Center of the Department is marked by the temperate xeric valleys of Cochabamba, Alto Cochabamba, and Capinota.

The Cochabamba Department Assembly has 34 members including two indigenous representatives.

Cochabamba Department economy is based mainly in services, but recently it is experiencing some diversification in manufacturing, agriculture and tourism.

The geographic location of Cochabamba Department makes it the main routes of transport joining the two main cities, the host government La Paz and the industrial hub Santa Cruz.

Once called “the basket grain of Bolivia” today Cochabamba Department produces just a portion of the agriculture output of the country.

Nevertheless, Cochabamba Department is still important in poultry, dairy, tropical fruits, potatoes, among others.