Official Name: | Sipe Sipe |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Cochabamba Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quillacollo Province |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Sipe Sipe Municipality |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | President |
Established Title: | Foundation |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 41571 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | -17.45°N -66.3833°W |
Sipe Sipe is a location in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Sipe Sipe Municipality, the second municipal section of the Quillacollo Province.
Sipe Sipe is a small town near which was fought the Battle of Sipe-Sipe. This decisive battle took place on 29 November 1815 and reestablished the control of Upper Peru to the Viceroyalty of Peru. As a consequence of this battle Upper Peru gained independence from Buenos Aires, and after the final defeat of Spain, Bolivia was born as a nation.
The evolution of the municipality population is as follows: