Pocona Municipality

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Pocona Municipality
Municipality
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The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Inkallaqta in the Pocona Municipality
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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 Coordinates: 17°40′0″S65°12′0″W / 17.66667°S 65.20000°W / -17.66667; -65.20000
Country Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Carrasco Province
Seat Pocona
Government
 • MayorCarlos Rodriguez Peredo (2008)
 • PresidentFelix Guardia (2008)
Elevation
13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total13,488
 • Density40/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]

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Geography

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

Cantons

The municipality is divided into five cantons.

CantonInhabitants (2001)  [4] SeatInhabitants (2001)
Pocona Canton 4.251 Pocona / Puquna244
Chimboata Canton 963Chimboata / Chimpuwata69
Chillicchi Canton 405Chillicchi130
Huayapacha Canton 5,461Huayapacha / Wayapacha206
Conda Canton 2,408Conda311

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 200113,488
Percentage of rural population100.0%

Languages

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

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua 12,482
Aymara 39
Guaraní 3
Another native6
Spanish 4,954
Foreign22
Only native7,706
Native and Spanish4,790
Only Spanish166

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

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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
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