Narciso Campero Province

Narciso Campero Province

Location o Narciso Campero Province athin Bolivie
General Data
Kintra	Bolivie
Depairtment	Cochabamba Depairtment
Caipital	Aiquile
Municipalities	3
Cantons	10
Aurie	5,550 km²
Elevation	m
Population	37,011 (2001)
Densitie	6.7 inhabitants/km² (2001)
Sub-prefect
Leids	Quechua, Spainyie
ISO 3166-2	BO.CB.CM
Cochabamba Depairtment

Narciso Campero is a province in the Cochabamba Depairtment, Bolivie. Its caipital is Aiquile. Aiquile lees on ane transportation route atween the ceeties o Cochabamba, Sucre an Santa Cruz.

Subdiveesion

The province is dividit intae three municipalities which are further subdividit intae cantons.

Section	Municipality	Seat
1st	Aiquile Municipality	Aiquile
2nd	Pasorapa Municipality	Pasorapa
3rd	Omereque Municipality	Omereque

1998 Earthquake

Campero wis the epicenter o an earthquake which struck on 1998-05-22. The earthquake wi a force of 6.6 on the Richter scale caused over 100 deaths and thoosans wur left hameless. It wis the lairgest shallae earthquake in Bolivie in ower 50 year, an wis felt as far awa as Cochabamba an Sucre (approximately 100 km).

The earthquake caused widespread damage ower an aurie o approximately 100 km in diameter. The major touns affectit wur Hoyadas (100% o the biggins destroyed), Aiquile (75% o the biggins destroyed) an Totora (70% o the biggins destroyed).

Freemit airtins

• Map o Narciso Campero Province Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine