Cercado Province, Cochabamba

Cercado Province
—  Province  —
Alalay Lake an Cochabamba as seen frae Cristo de la Concordia
Location o Cercado Province athin Bolivie
Coordinates: 17°23′S 66°10′W
Kintra	Bolivie
Depairtment	Cochabamba Depairtment
Caipital	Cochabamba
Aurie
- Tot	151 sq mi (391 km2)
Hicht	9,022 ft (2,750 m)
Indwallers (2001)
- Tot	517,024
- Ethnicities	Quechua, Aymara
Time zone	GMT -4

Cercado is a province in the Cochabamba Depairtment, Bolivie. Its caipital is Cochabamba which is the caipital o the depairtment an aw.

Subdiveesion

The province consists o ane municipality, Cochabamba Municipality. It is identical tae the province.

The fowk

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens o Quechuan an Aymaran descent.

Ethnic group	Inhabitants (%)
Quechua	48.6
Aymara	10.2
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	1.0
No indigenous	39.7
Ither indigenous groups	0.4

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Leids

The languages spoken in the Cercado Province are mainly Spainyie, Quechua, Aymara an Guaraní. The follaein table shows the number o those belangin tae the recognizit group o speakers.

Leid	Inhabitants
Quechua	196.374
Aymara	39.594
Guaraní	602
Anither native	458
Spainyie	478.004
Foreign	30,046
Anerlie native	12,556
Native an Spainyie	208,237
Anerlie Spainyie	270,208

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Places o interest

• Tunari Naitional Pairk
• Laguna Alalay

References

• www.ine.gov.bo

Freemit airtins

• Population data and map of Cercado Province (Cochabamba Municipality)