Tiquipaya Municipality

Tiquipaya Municipality
Municipality
Universidad del Valle, Tiquipaya
Tiquipaya Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°12′S 66°13′W / 17.200°S 66.217°W / -17.200; -66.217
Country Bolivia
DepartmentCochabamba Department
ProvinceQuillacollo Province
SeatTiquipaya
Government
  MayorAntonio Rios Quintaya (2007)
  PresidentArmando Iporre Reynolds (2007)
Population
 (2012)
  Total
53,904
  Ethnicities
Quechuas
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Tiquipaya Municipality is the third municipal section of the Quillacollo Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Tiquipaya.

Known as the "City of Flowers", the city is home to many dairy farmers and is known to be a highly visited and productive area, with a surprising climatic diversity due to the valleys, plateaus and subtropical regions.