Mizque Province

Mizque Province

Location o Mizque Province athin Bolivie
General Data
Kintra	Bolivie Bolivia
Depairtment	Cochabamba Depairtment
Caipital	Mizque
Municipalities	3
Cantons	10
Aurie	2,730 km²
Elevation	m
Population	36,181 (2001)
Densitie	13.3 indwallers/km² (2001)
Sub-prefect
Leids	Quechua, Spainyie
ISO 3166-2	BO.CB.MZ
Cochabamba Depairtment

Mizque (frae Quechua: misk'i, meanin "sweet") is a province in the Cochabamba Depairtment, Bolivie. Its caipital is Mizque.

The province, in 1992, haed a population o 27,959 indwallers, maistly indigenous ceetizens o Quechuan strynd. In 2001, the population increased tae 36,181 indwallers an it wis estimatit at 41,062 in 2005.^[1]

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

Mizque Province is hame tae a great diversity o ecoregions acause it contains a wide variety o topographic featurs wi hichts rangin atween 2,000 an 3,600 m. The province belangs tae the Julpe-Mizque basin wi an aurie o 3,845 km².

The main rivers are:

• Mizque River, 75 km
• Julpe River, 60 km
• Uyuchama River, 50 km
• Tujma River, 45 km
• Kari Kari River, 42 km
• Vicho Vicho River, 32 km

Awtho thare is a lairge amoont o superficial an sub-superficial watter athin the province, the zone is sufferin frae drocht due tae the lack o irrigation seestems.

The climate is dry. Thare are a few irregular rainfaws an lang periods o drocht. The medium annual temperatur varies atween 16 tae 18 °C. Durin the rainy saison ("simmer"), correspondin tae the months frae December tae Mairch, the province receives 87 % o the annual precipitation, in December an Januar alane 57 %, aften occurrin as hailstorms. Durin the dry saison ("winter") the temperatur goes doun radically an snawfaws occur. The annual precipitation is atween 300 an 700 mm, reachin 507 mm annually on an average.

The semiarid an arid regions are covered wi plants which are tolerant towards dry conditions. 75 % o the tot aurie o Mizque Province is cultivated.

The Red-fronted Macaws (Ara rubrogenys), endemic tae a sma muntainous aurie o Bolivie, can be observit in Mizque. This species is considered tae be endangered due tae intense agricultur activity which haes reducit its habitat. The problem is that the peasants o some zones leuk upon them as a plague acause thay raid the maize in the fields. Thare is a chance that thay micht be regardit as ane o the tourist attractions o the region.^[4]

The majority o the population o the Mizque Province lives in the rural aurie in commonties far apairt frae ilk ither. The lack o guid roads maks trade an providin services difficult. The land in some auries is quite dry an no appropriate for fermin. That mey be some o the raisons why the Human Development Index in the municipalities o Mizque is amang the lawest in Bolivie (0.365, 0.400 an 0.460), placin them in the poseetions 284 (Mizque), 305 (Vila Vila) an 298 (Alalay) oot o 314 municipalities.^[5]

The conditions o life are especially creetical in the puna an remote commonties. The level o income o a peasant faimily in the heich zones or in the dryland is estimatit at 200 - 250 US-$ per year.

Some data:^[6]

Thare are 182 landwart commonties athin the territory o the province situatit in hichts atween 2,000 m in the template valleys an 3,600 m in the puna.

The predominant leid is Quechua, spoken bi 32,212 indwallers an aboot 11,482 indwallers are bilingual. Thay can speak Spaingie as well. The follaein table shows the nummer o those belangin tae the recognizit group o speakers.^[7]

The economic activity is concentratit on agricultur an animal husbandry an tae a minor extent on minin an crafts. The maist important sectors in agricultur are the cultivation o potatoes, maize, wheat, peanuts, barley an ingans.

• 2nt week in Mey: Fruit fair in Mizque, 1 day
• 16 Julie: Oor Lady o Munt Carmel in Alalay, 3 days
• 8 September - 14: Oor Laird o Burgos (Señor de Burgos) in Mizque, 7 days
• 23 September - 25: Virgen Mestiza de Shikimira in Vila Vila, 3 days

1. ↑ "www.ine.gov.bo" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 31 Julie 2012.
2. ↑ "www.enlared.org.bo". Archived frae the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 17 Januar 2022.
3. ↑ world-gazetteer.com^{[deid airtin]}
4. ↑ www.pieb.com.bo Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine (Spaingie)
5. ↑ cdteca.enlared.org.bo Archived 2009-01-19 at the Wayback Machine (Spaingie)
6. ↑ Informe sobre Desarollo Humano Archived 2009-01-19 at the Wayback Machine (Spaingie)
7. ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spaingie)

• Global Program o Development^{[deid airtin]} (Spaingie)

• Map o Mizque Province Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine