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.Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
Geography Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:
Cantons The municipality is divided into five cantons.
Canton Inhabitants (2001) www.ine.gov.bo 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:Informe sobre Desarollo Humano, Consultas (Spanish)
Pocona MunicipalityNational ranking (out of 314 municipalities)264Human Development Index (2001)0.475Life Expectancy Index0.526Education Index0.576Life expectancy (years)56.6Literacy of adults (% of 15 years old and more)72.0Average years of schooling3.3Population census 200113,488Percentage of rural population100.0%
Languages The languages spoken in the Pocona Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
Language InhabitantsQuechua12,482Aymara39Guaraní3Another native 6Spanish 4,954Foreign22Only native7,706Native and Spanish4,790Only 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 Julpe River
References
External links www.enlared.org.bo / Statistical data: Education (Spanish)