Official Name: | San Benito Municipality |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Municipality within Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Cochabamba Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Punata Province |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Seat: | San Benito |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Remy Rodrigo Balderrama Arnez (2007) |
Leader Title1: | President |
Leader Name1: | Hernan Claros Montaño (2007) |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 140 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 12720 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | -17.5°N -65.8833°W |
San Benito Municipality or Villa José Quintín Mendoza Municipality is the third municipal section of the Punata Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is San Benito. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 12,720 inhabitants.[1]
The municipality is divided into three cantons. They are (their seats in parentheses):