Carrasco is a province in the Cochabamba Department

Cochabamba Department

Cochabamba is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, was 1,750,000...

 in central Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

. Its capital is Totora

Totora, Cochabamba

Totora is a town in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Carrasco Province....

.

Subdivision

Carrasco Province is divided into six municipalities

Municipalities of Bolivia

Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...

 which are further subdivided into cantons.

Section	Municipality	Inhabitants 2001	Seat	Inhabitants
1st	Totora Municipality Totora Municipality Totora Municipality is the first municipal section of the Carrasco Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Totora.- Subdivision :Totora Municipality is divided into four cantons.- Languages :...	12,961	Totora Totora, Cochabamba Totora is a town in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Carrasco Province....	1,597
2nd	Pojo Municipality Pojo Municipality Pojo Municipality is the second municipal section of the Carrasco Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Pojo.- Languages :The languages spoken in the municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish. - References :*...	11,515	Pojo	786
3rd	Pocona Municipality Pocona Municipality Pocona Municipality is the third municipal section of Carrasco Province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Pocona. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 13,488 inhabitants.- Cantons :The municipality is divided into five cantons....	13,488	Pocona Pocona Pocona is a location in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Pocona Municipality, the third municipal section of the Carrasco Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 244 .-External links:*...	244
4th	Chimoré Municipality Chimoré Municipality Chimoré Municipality is the fourth municipal section of the Carrasco Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Chimoré.It is bordered by the rivers Ichilo, Chimoré and Chapare.- Subdivision :...	15,264	Chimoré Chimoré, Cochabamba Chimoré is a location in the Carrasco Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Chimoré Municipality.-References:...	3,874
5th	Puerto Villarroel Municipality Puerto Villarroel Municipality Puerto Villarroel Municipality is the fifth municipal section of the Carrasco Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Puerto Villarroel.- The people :...	40,790	Puerto Villarroel Puerto Villarroel Puerto Villarroel is a locality in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of Puerto Villarroel Municipality, the fifth municipal section of Carrasco Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 1,778 .-External links:*...	1,778
6th	Entre Ríos Municipality Entre Ríos Municipality, Cochabamba Entre Ríos Municipality is the sixth municipal section of the Carrasco Province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Its seat Entre Ríos had 3,796 inhabitants at the time of census 2001.- Languages :...	30,398	Entre Ríos Entre Ríos, Cochabamba Entre Ríos is a small town in the Cochabamba Department of the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia.- Location :Entre Ríos is the capital of the Entre Ríos Municipality, which was newly established in 2004, the sixth municipal section of Carrasco Province.The town is located at an elevation...	3,796

Entre Ríos Municipality was created in 2004.

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...

 citizens of Quechuan

Quechuas

Quechuas is the collective term for several indigenous ethnic groups in South America who speak a Quechua language , belonging to several ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.The Quechuas of Ecuador call themselves as well as their...

 descent. There are also groups of Yuracaré

Yuracaré

Yuracaré are South American indigenous people living on 2,500 square kilometres along the Chapare River watershed in Cochabamba Department and Beni Department, in the Bolivian Lowlands of the Amazon Basin. The Yuracaré reside not far from Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba, among the forests...

 along Chapare River

Chapare River

The Chapare River is a river in Bolivia, which is a tributary of the Mamoré River in the Amazon River watershed. The river has its source at the confluence of Espíritu Santo River and San Mateo River in the Cochabamba Department at Villa Tunari. It is the main waterway of Chapare Province...

 in the municipalities Chimoré and Puerto Villarroel.

Ethnic group	Totora Municipality (%)	Pojo Municipality (%)	Pocona Municipality (%)	Chimoré Municipality (%)	Puerto Villarroel Municipality (%)	Entre Ríos Municipality (%)
Quechua Quechuas Quechuas is the collective term for several indigenous ethnic groups in South America who speak a Quechua language , belonging to several ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.The Quechuas of Ecuador call themselves as well as their...	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 Chiquitos Chiquitos means "little ones" in Spanish. The Spanish Conquistadores chose this name for the people living in the rain savannas of what is now the eastern parts of the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia, when they found the small doors of the Indian huts in the region.Today, this area is called Gran... , Moxos Moxos people The Moxos, also known as the Mojos, are an indigenous people living around the head-waters of the Madeira River in northern Bolivia, particularly on both banks of the Mamore River. They submitted to Inca domination, but in 1564 gallantly repulsed the Spaniards. A century later, however, the Jesuits...	0.9	0.0	0.1	2.0	1.1	1.6
Not indigenous Indigenous peoples of the Americas The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...	4.4	10.8	5.6	20.1	14.6	17.4
Other indigenous groups	0.1	0.2	0.9	5.1	1.3	0.9

Languages

The languages spoken in the Carrasco Province are mainly Quechua

Quechua languages

Quechua is a Native South American language family and dialect cluster spoken primarily in the Andes of South America, derived from an original common ancestor language, Proto-Quechua. It is the most widely spoken language family of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably...

 and Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognized group of speakers.

Language	Totora Municipality	Pojo Municipality	Pocona Municipality	Chimoré Municipality	Puerto Villarroel Municipality	Entre Ríos Municipality
Quechua Quechua languages Quechua is a Native South American language family and dialect cluster spoken primarily in the Andes of South America, derived from an original common ancestor language, Proto-Quechua. It is the most widely spoken language family of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably...	11,671	10,203	12,482	9,596	29,940	14,789
Aymara Aymara language Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over three million speakers. Aymara, along with Quechua and Spanish, is an official language of Peru and Bolivia...	72	74	39	965	1,590	907
Guaraní Guaraní language Guaraní, specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guaraní , is an indigenous language of South America that belongs to the Tupí–Guaraní subfamily of the Tupian languages. It is one of the official languages of Paraguay , where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and half of...	7	9	3	19	39	41
Another native	16	9	6	424	235	27
Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...	4,967	4,991	4,954	11,530	29,377	17,164
Foreign	32	15	22	128	199	142
Only native	7,060	5,623	7,706	2,518	8,131	3,207
Native and Spanish	4,645	4,598	4,790	7,811	22,426	11,864
Only Spanish	322	393	166	3,726	6,956	5,314

Visitor attractions

Carrasco National Park

Carrasco National Park

Carrasco National Park is a national park in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It has a surface area of 6,226 square kilometers. More than 5,000 plant species have been registered in the area, placing the park among Bolivia's most biologically diverse. It is a protected area and people are prohibited...

 and the archaeological site of Inkallajta are situated within the province.

External links

• Map: Carrasco Province (not showing the boundaries of the Entre Ríos Municipality)