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Cochabamba

Cochabamba, or simply Cocha, is the fourth largest city in central Bolivia, in a valley with the same name, in the Andes mountain range. Its name is from a compound of the Quechua words q'ucha, meaning "lake", and pampa, "open plain". Wikivoyage

Population 632,013 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Bolivia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Bolivia

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Cochabamba. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Bienal de Arte Urbano (BAU)

    April – May

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Cochabamba); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 25 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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