Pocona Municipality
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.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:Cantons
The municipality is divided into five cantons.Canton | Inhabitants | Seat | Inhabitants |
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 |
The People
Some data:Pocona Municipality | |
National ranking | 264 |
Human Development Index | 0.475 |
Life Expectancy Index | 0.526 |
Education Index | 0.576 |
Life expectancy | 56.6 |
Literacy of adults | 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.Language | Inhabitants |
Quechua | 12,482 |
Aymara | 39 |
Guaraní | 3 |
Another native | 6 |
Spanish | 4,954 |
Foreign | 22 |
Only native | 7,706 |
Native and Spanish | 4,790 |
Only Spanish | 166 |