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
Area
• Total	391 km2 (151 sq mi)
Elevation	2750 m (9,020 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	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 fowk are predominantly indigenous ceetizens o Quechuan an Aymaran strynd.

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 leids spoken in the Cercado Province is mainly Spaingie, Quechua, Aymara an Guaraní. The follaein table shaws the nummer o thaim that's belangin the recognised group o speakers.

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

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Places o interest

• Tunari Naitional Pairk
• Laguna Alalay

References

• www.ine.gov.bo Archived 2009-07-17 at the Wayback Machine

Freemit airtins

• Population data and map of Cercado Province (Cochabamba Municipality) Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine