Pocona Municipality

Pocona Municipality
Municipality
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Inkallaqta in the Pocona Municipality
Pocona Municipality Location of the Pocona Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°40′0″S65°12′0″W / 17.66667°S 65.20000°W / -17.66667; -65.20000
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba Department
Province	Carrasco Province
Seat	Pocona
Government
• Mayor	Carlos Rodriguez Peredo (2008)
• President	Felix Guardia (2008)
Elevation	13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	13,488
• Density	40/sq mi (15.5/km2)
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Pocona Municipality is the third municipal section of the Carrasco Province in the Cochabamba Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Pocona. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 13,488 inhabitants. ^[1]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below: ^{[2] [3]}

• Ch'uru Wayq'u
• Ch'utu Ch'utu
• Iskay Wasi
• Jatun Muqu
• Jatun Pampa
• Jatun Salla
• Juch'uy
• Lawayqu
• Layqa
• Machaqa Marka
• Mama Rumi
• Mama Wasi
• Misk'i
• Nina
• Putu Phutunqu
• P'isaqa
• P'ukru
• Qucha Qucha
• Qucha Quchayuq Urqu
• Qutani
• Rumi Rumiyuq
• Salla Punta
• Sallani
• Tawri
• T'utura
• Wathiya
• Yana Urqu
• Yuraq Qallpa
• Yuraq Yuraq

Cantons

The municipality is divided into five cantons.

Canton	Inhabitants (2001)  [4]	Seat	Inhabitants (2001)
Pocona Canton	4.251	Pocona / Puquna	244
Chimboata Canton	963	Chimboata / Chimpuwata	69
Chillicchi Canton	405	Chillicchi	130
Huayapacha Canton	5,461	Huayapacha / Wayapacha	206
Conda Canton	2,408	Conda	311

People

Some data: ^[5]

Pocona Municipality
National ranking (out of 314 municipalities)	264
Human Development Index (2001)	0.475
Life Expectancy Index	0.526
Education Index	0.576
Life expectancy (years)	56.6
Literacy of adults (% of 15 years old and more)	72.0
Average years of schooling	3.3
Population census 2001	13,488
Percentage of rural population	100.0%

Languages

The languages spoken in the Pocona Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish. ^[6]

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua	12,482
Aymara	39
Guaraní	3
Another native	6
Spanish	4,954
Foreign	22
Only native	7,706
Native and Spanish	4,790
Only Spanish	166

Economy

The principal economic activities are the cultivation of stone fruit and potatoes and tourism.

Places of interest

The monumental Inca site of Inkallaqta is situated in the Pocona Municipality.

See also

• Julpe River

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
2. Bolivia 1:100,000 Mizque 3835
3. "Pocona". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
4. www.ine.gov.bo Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
5. Informe sobre Desarollo Humano, Consultas Archived 2009-01-19 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
6. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• www.enlared.org.bo / Statistical data: Education (Spanish)