Caracollo (hispanicized spelling), Q'araqullu or Q'ara Qullu (

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

''q'ara'' bald, ''qullu'' mountain, "bald mountain") is a small town in Bolivia. It is situated in the Cercado Province of the

Oruro Department Oruro (; Quechua: ''Uru Uru''; Aymara: ''Ururu'') is a department of Bolivia, with an area of . Its capital is the city of Oruro. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178. Provinces of Oruro The departme ...

. In 2010 it had an estimated population of 5,429. Located at the place where the highway from La Paz splits into two roads towards

Cochabamba Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa; qu, Quchapampa) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and the fourth largest city in Bolivia, with a population of 630 ...

and

Oruro Oruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uru Uru is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683 (2012 calculation), about halfway between La Paz and Sucre in the Altiplano, approximately above sea level. It is Bolivia's fifth-largest city by pop ...

, the town is a frequent starting point for long marches intended to influence the Bolivian government.

References

National Institute of Statistics in Bolivia
Populated places in Oruro Department Populated places in the Altiplano {{Oruro-geo-stub