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Cochabamba

American  
[kaw-chah-bahm-bah] / ˌkɔ tʃɑˈbɑm bɑ /

noun

  1. a city in central Bolivia. 8,394 feet (2,558 meters) above sea level.


Cochabamba British  
/ kotʃaˈβamba /

noun

  1. a city in central Bolivia. Pop: 561 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The only blockades left are here in the Tropics of Cochabamba, which is highly disciplined.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

Mr Marset is believed to have fled by car along with his wife and their three children to neighbouring Cochabamba province.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2023

Or consider the People's Agreement of Cochabamba — all of this has been in political discourse for quite some time.

From Salon Dec. 31, 2022

In 1999, the Bechtel Corporation, a U.S.-based multinational, was awarded a contract by the Bolivian city of Cochabamba to improve the efficiency of the city’s water delivery system.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

Because the mounds are usually forested, Erickson and his Bolivian co-investigator, Patricia Alvarez of the Universidad Mayor de San Simon in Cochabamba, have been forced to measure them by chopping through trees and vines.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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