- Narciso Campero Province
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Narciso Campero Province Location of Narciso Campero Province within Bolivia 
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BoliviaDepartament Cochabamba Department Capital Aiquile Municipalities 3 Cantons 10 Area 5,550 km² Elevation m Population 37,011 (2001) Density 6.7 inhabitants/km² (2001) Sub-prefect Languages Quechua, Spanish ISO 3166-2 BO.CB.CM Cochabamba Department 
Narciso Campero is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Aiquile. Aiquile lies on one transportation route between the citys of Cochabamba, Sucre and Santa Cruz.
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Subdivision
The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.
Section Municipality Seat 1st Aiquile Municipality Aiquile 2nd Pasorapa Municipality Pasorapa 3rd Omereque Municipality Omereque 1998 Earthquake
Campero was the epicenter of an earthquake which struck on 1998-05-22. The earthquake with a force of 6.6 on the Richter scale caused over 100 deaths and thousands were left homeless. It was the largest shallow earthquake in Bolivia in over 50 years, and was felt as far away as Cochabamba and Sucre (approximately 100 km)[1].
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)[1].
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Cochabamba Department 
Capital: CochabambaProvinces 
Municipalities (and seats) Aiquile (Aiquile) • Alalay (Alalay) • Anzaldo (Anzaldo) • Arani (Arani) • Arbieto (Arbieto) • Arque (Arque) • Ayopaya (Ayopaya) • Bolívar (Bolívar) • Capinota (Capinota) • Chimoré (Chimoré) • Cliza (Cliza) • Cocapata (Cocapata) • Cochabamba (Cochabamba) • Colcapirhua (Colcapirhua) • Colomi (Colomi) • Cuchumuela (Cuchumuela) • Entre Ríos Municipality (Entre Ríos) Mizque (Mizque) • Morochata (Morochata) • Omereque (Omereque) • Pasorapa (Pasorapa) • Pocona (Pocona) • Pojo (Pojo) • Puerto Villarroel (Puerto Villarroel) • Punata (Punata) • Quillacollo (Quillacollo) • Sacaba (Sacaba) • Sacabamba (Sacabamba) • San Benito (San Benito) • Santiváñez (Santiváñez) • Shinahota (Shinahota) • Sicaya (Sicaya) • Sipe Sipe (Sipe Sipe) • Tacachi (Tacachi) • Tacopaya (Tacopaya) • Tapacarí (Tapacarí) • Tarata (Tarata) • Tiquipaya (Tiquipaya) • Tiraque (Tiraque) • Toco (Toco) • Tolata (Tolata) • Totora (Totora) • Vacas (Vacas) • Vila Vila (Vila Vila) • Villa Rivero (Villa Rivero) • Villa Tunari (Villa Tunari) • Vinto (Vinto)Coordinates: 18°15′S 65°20′W / 18.25°S 65.333°W
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