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Cochabamba was the first place rugby union in Bolivia was formally established. Cochabamba was featured as a location in the story in the 1983 film, Scarface. Powerful drug lord Alejandro Sosa resided there, governed large coca plantations and owned cocaine labs whereupon further refining, would be shipped to Tony Montana in Florida.
The center of the department is marked by the temperate xeric valleys of Cochabamba (known as Kanata), Alto Cochabamba, and Capinota. These valley areas are marked by dry montane forests, and semi-arid orographies. Temperate climates year-round feature considerable diurnal temperature variation due to the high altitude.
Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Wilstermann, IATA: CBB, ICAO: SLCB) is a high elevation international airport serving Cochabamba, the capital of the Cochabamba Department of Bolivia. The facility is named after Jorge Wilstermann, an early Bolivian commercial aviator.
El Alto in Bolivia is the highest-altitude city in the world This list of the highest cities in the world includes only cities with a population greater than 100,000 inhabitants and an average height above sea level over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).
Elevation. 8.691 ft (2.649 m) ... 691,276: Time zone: UTC-4 (BOT) Cochabamba Municipality is the only municipal section of the Cercado Province in the Cochabamba ...
Altitude m ft Controlled airports [1] Apolo: Franz Tamayo: ... Cochabamba: SLCB CBB Jorge Wilstermann International Airport: 2,548 8,360 Concepción: Ñuflo de Chávez:
The valley floors range from 2,000 to 3,000 metres above sea level, and this lower elevation means milder temperatures than those of the Altiplano. The cities of Sucre, Cochabamba and the upper area of Tarija department, are located in basins of this vast region.
Elevation. 13,000 ft (4,000 m) ... UTC-4 (BOT) Bolívar Province is a province in the Bolivian department of Cochabamba. Its capital is the city of Bolívar, ...