Cochabamba's city was founded on the banks of the river Rocha, the 1 º of January, 1574 by Sebastián Barba de Padilla. Cochabamba is the " City Garden " of Bolivia. His climate is the stablest of the whole country.
The Palace Portals, it is one of the most important buildings of the city, since it amazes his architecture of French influence. It is surrounded with beautiful gardens designed by Japanese experts, as an exquisite reply to the surroundings of the Versailles Palace of France.
The Monument to Heroinas de la Coronilla located in San Sebastían's hill, is another interesting attraction. From the Avenue Aroma you can observe this great sculpture in honor to the women and children who defended the city during the War of the Independence.
From this hill you can see the Tunari's mountain and the way to the Chapare, a leafy tropical famous region for being the most important region in the production of coca's leaf in the country. Villa Tunari, it is the most picturesque scene of Chapare, The approach road winds for the mountains and then it goes down to the tropic. Villa Tunari is surrounded by three national parks that receive a varied and exuberant wild life.
Quillacollo has turned into a strictly center of artisans, where they elaborated principally woven and manual arts. The most important religious party of the Department is celebrated in Quillacollo on August 15 of every year, where the Virgin of Urkupiña is venerated, realizing a solemn procession.
Cochabamba has grown and has modernized. Works of great magnitude, as the road of Cochabamba to Santa Cruz, the refinery of oil, the dam of the Narrowness, the Corani's plant of electric power, the factory of cement, the road to the Chapare, the route asphalted to Oruro, net of energy transition of Cochabamba-Santa Cruz, have been realized in the latter period of time.
The "Cristo de la Concordia" is a new tourist attraction constructed on a nice plateau in the hill of San Pedro, the gigantic image is surrounded with a magnificent viewing-point, from where you can distinguish and discover one of the most attractive cities of Bolivia.
GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS Cochabamba's department is placed to 2.558 meters on the level of the sea. It is in the central part of the country and has an area of 55.631 Km2. It has borders in the northern part with Beni, in the southern part with Potosí and Chuquisaca, in the eastern part with Santa Cruz and in the western part with La Paz and Oruro. TEMPERATURE The temperature in Cochabamba's department changes in agreement to the height. It has cold climate in the mountains and it's moderated in the valleys with an annual everage temperature that ranges between the 16ºC and 19 º C. The Chapare is considered to be one of the zones of major rainfall in the world, with an average of 4.000 mm. Per year. POPULATION Cochabamba's department has a population of 1.524.724 habitants (Estimated 2000 INE) with a population's density of 27.41 habitants per Km2. Cochabamba's City has a population of 616.021 habitants.
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