Pocona Municipality
The municipality Pocona is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
The municipality Pocona is one of six Municipalities of the province of Carrasco. It is bordered to the west by the province of Arani, on the southwest by the province Mizque, to the south by the province Campero, on the east by the municipality of Totora, and to the north by the province Tiraque.
The central location of the municipality is Pocona with 244 inhabitants in the northwestern part of the municipality. (2001)
Geography
The municipality Pocona located in one of the high valleys of the mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental, which merges into the Bolivian lowlands to the east. The climate of the region is characterized by a typical diurnal climate where the temperature differences between day and night be more pronounced than between seasons.
The average annual temperature is 14 ° C, the monthly values vary between 11 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C in November / December (see climate chart Totora ). The annual precipitation is 600 mm and falls mainly in the summer months from December to February with monthly values of 100-125 mm; which is offset by a dry season from May to October month rainfall of less than 30 mm.
Population
The population of the municipality Pocona has not changed significantly over the past two decades:
The population density of the municipality was 15.5 inhabitants / km ² at the 2001 census, the proportion of urban population is 0.0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 56.6 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 68.5 percent, and 83.6 percent, although in men and 54.5 percent for women ( 2001).
Policy
Structure
The municipality Pocona is divided into the following five cantons ( cantones ):
- Cantón Chillicchi
- Cantón Chimboata
- Cantón Conda
- Cantón Huayapacha
- Cantón Pocona