Mizque

Bolivia
Mizque, Bolivia
Photo: Juan Carlos Ferreira V. CC BY-SA 3.0 source

Valley town in Bolivia's Cochabamba Department whose Quechua name, Misk'i, means "sweet," Mizque sits along the river that shares its name, a main tributary of the Río Grande, with mountains close by. Its colonial history carries real weight: the town sent deputies to both the 1816 Congress of Tucumán, which declared Argentine independence, and the 1825 congress that declared Bolivian independence.

  • Population30,481
  • Nearest water1.6 km
  • Nearest mountain5.1 km