San Benito Municipality

San Benito Municipality
Municipality
San Benito Municipality Location of the Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°30′0″S 65°53′0″W / 17.50000°S 65.88333°W / -17.50000; -65.88333
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba Department
Province	Punata Province
Seat	San Benito
Government
• Mayor	Remy Rodrigo Balderrama Arnez (2007)
• President	Hernan Claros Montaño (2007)
Area
• Total	50 sq mi (140 km2)
Population  (2001)
• Total	12,720
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

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):

• Huaricaya Canton or San Lorenzo Canton - (San Lorenzo)
• San Benito Canton or Villa José Quintín Mendoza Canton - (San Benito)
• Sunchu Pampa Canton - (Sunchu Pampa)

• Map of Punata Province