Mizque

{{Infobox settlement  | official_name = Mizque | other_name = | native_name = Misk'i | nickname = | settlement_type =  | motto =  | image_skyline = Pasado Colonial-Mizque.JPG | imagesize = 280px | image_caption = San Sebastián Parish and Sanctuary of Ntro. Lord of Burgos de Mizque | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Bolivia | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bolivia | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg|25px]] [[Bolivia]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Departments of Bolivia|Department]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Cochabamba Department]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Bolivia|Province]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Mizque Province]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Municipalities of Bolivia|Municipality]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Mizque Municipality]] | subdivision_type4 = [[Cantons of Bolivia|Canton]] | subdivision_name4 = Mizque Canton | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 =  | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title =  | established_date = | established_title2 =  | established_date2 = | established_title3 =  | established_date3 =  | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 =  | area_land_km2 =  | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi =  | population_as_of = 2001 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 26,659 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_blank2_title = | population_blank2 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  | timezone = BOT | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|17|56|S|65|19|W|region:BO|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = 2018 | elevation_ft =  | postal_code_type =  | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }} [[File:Plaza de Mizque.jpg|thumb|284x284px|Plaza de Mizque]] '''Mizque''', '''Misk'i''' (from [[Quechua languages|Quechua]]: ''misk'i'', meaning "sweet") is a town in the [[Cochabamba Department]], [[Bolivia]]. It is the capital of the [[Mizque Province]]. Mizque is located in the valley of the [[Mizque River]], one of the main tributaries of the [[Río Grande (Bolivia)|Río Grande]].

Historically, it was located in the region of [[Upper Peru]], and was a ''corregimiente'' dependent on [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] until 1783, when it became an independent town of the ''Intendencia de Cochabamba'', in the [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]]. During the [[Spanish American wars of independence]], Mizque sent deputies to the [[Congress of Tucumán]], which declared Argentina's independence in 1816, and to the congress that declared the independence of Bolivia in 1825.

== Communications ==

Mizque is located on a well maintained highway which to the north-west leads through the Valle Alto to [[Cochabamba]]. In the other direction, as National Road 23, the route runs southwards to [[Aiquile]] and, beyond that, to [[Sucre]].

The bus connection to Cochabamba operates on an almost daily basis.

Mizque is also positioned beside the Cochabamba-Aiquile railway line, but since the railway station is across the river it is hard for the inhabitants to access. There is a [[railcar]] service to Cochabamba that runs three times per week, but the journey time is approximately twice as long as that taken by the bus using the main road, and the station is not much used for passenger traffic.

== References == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140202103610/http://www.ine.gob.bo/comunitaria/comunitariaVer.aspx?Depto=03&Prov=13&Seccion=01 Instituto Nacional de Estadística] (Spanish)

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Mizque, elevation {{convert|2045|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Jan high C = 27.3 |Feb high C = 27.2 |Mar high C = 27.3 |Apr high C = 27.2 |May high C = 26.7 |Jun high C = 26.2 |Jul high C = 26.0 |Aug high C = 27.1 |Sep high C = 28.0 |Oct high C = 29.5 |Nov high C = 29.5 |Dec high C = 28.4 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 20.0 |Feb mean C = 19.9 |Mar mean C = 19.7 |Apr mean C = 18.6 |May mean C = 16.6 |Jun mean C = 14.9 |Jul mean C = 14.8 |Aug mean C = 16.5 |Sep mean C = 18.2 |Oct mean C = 20.2 |Nov mean C = 21.0 |Dec mean C = 20.5 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 12.8 |Feb low C = 12.6 |Mar low C = 12.1 |Apr low C = 10.0 |May low C = 6.5 |Jun low C = 3.6 |Jul low C = 3.6 |Aug low C = 5.8 |Sep low C = 8.4 |Oct low C = 10.8 |Nov low C = 12.5 |Dec low C = 12.7 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 117.5 |Feb precipitation mm = 104.7 |Mar precipitation mm = 67.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 20.6 |May precipitation mm = 2.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 2.4 |Jul precipitation mm = 1.6 |Aug precipitation mm = 4.2 |Sep precipitation mm = 9.2 |Oct precipitation mm = 21.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 50.5 |Dec precipitation mm = 98.0 |year precipitation mm = | Jan precipitation days = 9.9 | Feb precipitation days = 9.1 | Mar precipitation days = 6.4 | Apr precipitation days = 2.1 | May precipitation days = 0.7 | Jun precipitation days = 0.5 | Jul precipitation days = 0.4 | Aug precipitation days = 0.8 | Sep precipitation days = 1.3 | Oct precipitation days = 2.5 | Nov precipitation days = 4.8 | Dec precipitation days = 7.6 | year precipitation days = | Jan humidity = 83.6 | Feb humidity = 84.2 | Mar humidity = 83.5 | Apr humidity = 81.2 | May humidity = 78.8 | Jun humidity = 77.3 | Jul humidity = 73.2 | Aug humidity = 73.9 | Sep humidity = 75.1 | Oct humidity = 73.8 | Nov humidity = 75.3 | Dec humidity = 78.9 | year humidity = |source 1 = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia<ref name="SENAMHI"> {{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180607025840/http://senamhi.gob.bo/index.php/sismet | archive-date = 7 June 2018 | url = http://senamhi.gob.bo/index.php/sismet | title = Base de datos Sistema Meteorológico–SISMET | publisher = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia | language = es | access-date = 13 June 2024}}</ref><ref name="SENAMHI2"> {{cite web | url = https://www.scribd.com/document/542708736/Indices-Agrometeorologicos-149-Estaciones | title = índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia | publisher = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia | language = es | access-date = 13 June 2024}}</ref> }}

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== External links == *[https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-17.933333,-65.316667&q=loc:-17.933333,-65.316667&hl=en&t=m&z=12 Map of Mizque Province]

[[Category:Populated places in Cochabamba Department]]