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Carrasco Province, Bolivie

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Carrasco Province
Province
Location o the Carrasco Province athin Bolivie
Location o the Carrasco Province athin Bolivie
Provinces o the Cochabamba Depairtment
Provinces o the Cochabamba Depairtment
Coordinates: 17°20′0″S 65°20′0″W / 17.33333°S 65.33333°W / -17.33333; -65.33333
Kintra Bolivie
DepairtmentCochabamba Depairtment
Municipalites6
Cantons24
CaipitalTotora
Govrenment
  MayorNicolas Rosas Jaldin
Area
  Total15045 km2 (5,809 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
  Total116,205
  Density7.7/km2 (20/sq mi)
  Ethnicities
Quechua Yuracaré

Carrasco is a province in the Cochabamba Depairtment in central Bolivie. Its caipital is Totora.

Subdiveesion

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Carrasco Province is dividit intae sax municipalities which are further subdividit intae cantons.

Section Municipality Inhabitants 2001 [1] Seat Inhabitants
1stTotora Municipality12,961Totora1,597
2ndPojo Municipality11,515Pojo786
3rdPocona Municipality13,488Pocona244
4thChimoré Municipality15,264Chimoré3,874
5thPuerto Villarroel Municipality40,790Puerto Villarroel1,778
6thEntre Ríos Municipality30,398Entre Ríos3,796

Entre Ríos Municipality wis creatit in 2004.

The fowk

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The fowk are predominantly indigenous citizens o Quechuan strynd. [2] Thare are an aw groups o Yuracaré alang Chapare River in the municipalities Chimoré an Puerto Villarroel. [3]

Ethnic group Totora Municipality (%) Pojo Municipality (%) Pocona Municipality (%) Chimoré Municipality (%) Puerto Villarroel Municipality (%) Entre Ríos Municipality (%)
Quechua 93.9 88.5 94.0 67.6 79.9 76.3
Aymara 0.7 0.5 0.2 5.1 3.1 3.8
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.9 0.0 0.1 2.0 1.1 1.6
No indigenous 4.4 10.8 5.6 20.1 14.6 17.4
Ither indigenous groups 0.1 0.2 0.9 5.1 1.3 0.9

The leids spoken in the Carrasco Province are mainly Quechua an Spaingie. The follaein table shows the number o those belangin tae the recognizit group o speakers.[4]

Leid Totora Municipality Pojo Municipality Pocona Municipality Chimoré Municipality Puerto Villarroel Municipality Entre Ríos Municipality
Quechua 11,671 10,203 12,482 9,596 29,940 14,789
Aymara 72 74 39 965 1,590 907
Guaraní 7 9 3 19 39 41
Anither native 16 9 6 424 235 27
Spaingie 4,967 4,991 4,954 11,530 29,377 17,164
Foreign 32 15 22 128 199 142
Anerlie native 7,060 5,623 7,706 2,518 8,131 3,207
Native an Spaingie 4,645 4,598 4,790 7,811 22,426 11,864
Anerlie Spaingie 322 393 166 3,726 6,956 5,314

Visitor attractions

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Carrasco Naitional Pairk an the airchaeological steid o Inkallajta are situatit athin the province.

References

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  1. www.ine.gob.bo
  2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
  3. "www.amazonia.bo". Archived frae the original on 9 Februar 2011. Retrieved 30 Juin 2012.
  4. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/departamental/fichas/ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Freemit airtins

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