Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Pocona Municipality
Municipality in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
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]
Remove ads
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.
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]
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
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads