Cochabamba

Cochabamba is a ceety in central Bolivie, locatit in a valley bearin the same name in the Andes muntain range.  It is the caipital o the Cochabamba Depairtment an is the fowert lairgest ceety in Bolivie wi an urban population o 608,276 (2008) an a metropolitan population o mair nor 1,000,000 fowk.  The name derives frae a compund o the Quechua words qucha, meanin "lake", an pampa, "open plain".Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha pdf Residents o the ceety an surroondin auries are commonly referred tae as Cochabambinos. Cochabamba is kent as the "Ceety o Eternal Spring" an "The Garden Ceety" due tae its spring-like temperatures year roond.  It is forby kent as "La Llajta", "toun" in Quechua.

The ceety is forby host tae the first World People's Conference on Climate Change an the Richts o Mither Earth.

 Sister ceeties 
 Córdoba, Argentinae
  Kunming, Yunnan, China
  Bergamo, Italy
  Cabuyao, Philippines
  San Francisco, USA
  Miami, USA

References


Category:Populatit places in Cochabamba Depairtment
Category:1571 establishments
Category:Populatit places established in the 1570s