Carrasco Province

Carrasco Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba
Seat	Totora
surface	15,045 km²
Residents	135,097 (2012)
density	9 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-C

Coordinates: 17 ° 20 ′  S , 65 ° 0 ′  W

Carrasco is a province in the eastern part of the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

The province is one of sixteen provinces in the department of Cochabamba. It borders in the northwest with the province of Chapare , in the west with the province Tiraque and the province Arani , in the southwest with the province Mizque , in the southeast with the province Narciso Campero , and in the east with the department Santa Cruz .

The province extends roughly between 15 ° 56 'and 18 ° 02' south latitude and 64 ° 42 'and 66 ° 00' west longitude, its extent from west to east is 110 kilometers, from north to south 230 kilometers.

population

The population of the province of Carrasco has almost doubled over the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	77,814	census
2001	116.205	census
2012	135.097	census

42.7 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 70.4 percent. (1992)

68.8 percent of the population speak Spanish , 87.4 percent Quechua , 3.3 percent Aymara , and 1.0 percent other indigenous languages. (1992)

94.9 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 72.3 percent live without sanitary facilities (1992) .

82.2 percent of the population are Catholic , 15.2 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

The province of Carrasco was divided into six municipalities at the last census of 2012 :

• 03-1201 Municipio Totora - 14,618 inhabitants
• 03-1202 Municipio Pojo - 10,156 inhabitants
• 03-1203 Municipio Pocona - 10,750 inhabitants
• 03-1204 Municipio Chimoré - 21,897 inhabitants
• 03-1205 Municipio Puerto Villarroel - 46,369 inhabitants
• 03-1206 Municipio Entre Ríos - 31,307 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Carrasco

• Municipio Totora
  • Totora 1925 pop.

• Municipio Pojo
  • Pojo 584 pop.

• Municipio Pocona
  • Chullchungani 518 pop .

• Municipio Chimore
  • Chimoré 6219 pop - Cezarzama 1161 pop - Senda B Nueva Canaan 1073 pop - Senda Tres 1041 pop - Senda D 825 pop

• Municipio Puerto Villarroel
  • Ivirgarzama 8255 pop - Valle Sacta 2704 pop - Puerto Villarroel 2072 pop - Mariposas 1285 pop - Vueltadero 1003 pop - Paraíso 838 pop - Transversal 661 pop - Senda VI 549 pop - Primero de Mayo 545 pop - Valle Ivirgarzama 458 pop - Chasqui 443 pop - Valle Ivirza 433 pop - Senda Cinco 139 pop

• Municipio Entre Ríos
  • Entre Ríos 7347 pop - Bulo Bulo 3786 pop - Manco Kapac 2603 pop - Río Blanco Agrario 1210 pop - Isarzama 1036 pop - Chancadora 604 pop - Gualberto Villarroel 1 539 pop.

Individual evidence

1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012

Web links

• Department of Cochabamba - Social data (PDF 7.77 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Totora - detailed map and population data (PDF; 871 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Pojo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.22 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Pocona - detailed map and population data (PDF; 550 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Chimoré - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.06 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Puerto Villarroel - detailed map and population data (PDF; 603 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Entre Ríos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.13 MB) ( Spanish )