Narciso Campero is a province in the Cochabamba Department , Bolivia . Its capital is Aiquile . Aiquile lies on one transportation route between the cities of Cochabamba , Sucre and Santa Cruz .
5-454: The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons. Campero was near the epicenter of an earthquake which struck on May 22, 1998. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ). It caused over 100 deaths and left thousands homeless. It was the largest shallow earthquake in Bolivia in over 50 years, and
10-456: A legislative body, the municipal council. In 1994, the entire territory of Bolivia was merged into municipalities, where previously only urban areas were organized as municipalities. As an effect of decentralization through the 1994 Law of Popular Participation the number of municipalities in Bolivia has risen from an initial twenty-four (in 1994) to 327 (in 2005), to 337 (at the time of the 2010 elections ), to 339 (as of August 2010 ). Of
15-413: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipalities of Bolivia Municipalities in Bolivia ( Spanish : municipios ) are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces . Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality. In these cases
20-435: The municipalities are identical to the provinces they belong to. There are 340 municipalities. Municipalities in Bolivia are each led by a mayor, an executive office. Mayors were appointed by the national government from 1878 to 1942 and from 1949 to 1987. Local elections were held under the 1942 municipal code, which was in force until 1991. The 1985 Organic Law of Municipalities restored local elections for mayor and created
25-489: Was felt as far away as Cochabamba and Sucre (approximately 100 km). The earthquake caused widespread damage over an area of approximately 100 km in diameter. The major towns affected were Hoyadas (100% of the buildings destroyed), Aiquile (75% of the buildings destroyed) and Totora (70% of the buildings destroyed). 18°15′S 65°20′W / 18.250°S 65.333°W / -18.250; -65.333 This Cochabamba Department location article
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