Pocona_Municipality

Pocona Municipality

Pocona Municipality

Municipality in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia

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.

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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]

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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

References

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


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